Yesterday I had a completely random encounter with one of the greatest baseball players of all time! The whole thing was really surreal but it was so cool!
Let me preface all this by saying I’m a big baseball fan and am a diehard St. Louis Cardinals fan.
So I’m on my lunch break during the seminar I’m teaching and I go down to the hotel restaurant to place a to-go order. I order my sandwich and am waiting at the bar when the bartender asks me if I’m a baseball fan. I said I was and she pointed me to the older gentleman that had just walked in the restaurant.
It was Stan “The Man” Musial!
In case you’re not a baseball fan, Stan Musial is considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He won the MVP 3 times, played in 24 All Star games, and is in several top 10 lists for career stats. He’s 87 years old and I didn’t want to bother him so I walked up and introduced myself, shook his hand, and walked off.
The guy is a legend. And he just happened to be in the restaurant as I was waiting for my turkey sandwich…what a cool experience!
