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RIGHT HERE IN WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA.
HE DIED SATURDAY AT THE AGE OF
92 AND A TRIP TODAY TO HIS
HOMETOWN REMINDS US OF THE
REMARKABLE LIFE HE LED.
HEED MY HAVE BEEN REMEMBERED AS
ONE OF GREAT BASKETBALL PLAYERS
IN PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY HAD HE
NOT BEEN SNATCHED UP BY ST.
LOUIS CARDINALS.
>> HE WAS IN 24 ALL-STAR GAMES.
HE HAD BATTING TITLES, SEVEN
TIMES, I BELIEVE IT WAS.
HE ENDED HIS CAREER WITH A .331
BATTING AVERAGE, 475 HOME RUNS.
>> Reporter: ALL NUMBERS WORTHY
OF NOT ONLY THE BASEBALL HALL OF
FAME BUT ALSO THE MID-MON VALLEY
SHRINE.
>> MANY PEOPLE SAW SEEDS OF
GREATNESS IN HIM AS FAR
AS @ATHLETICS WERE CONCERNED.
>> Reporter: FROM THERE HE
BECAME THE MAN.
THE MAN WHO WAS NEVER TOO BUSY
OR TOO BIG FOR HIS FANS.
>> NEVER WOULD HE EVER SNUB
ANYONE.
ANYONE WHO WANTED AN AUTOGRAPH
WAS WELCOME BY MR. MUSIAL.
>> Reporter: HE DIED AT AGE 92.
NOT JUST A GREAT PLAYER BUT AN
ATHLETE AHEAD OF HIS TIME.
HE EVEN DID GYMNASTICS AS A
CHILD, KNOWING IF HE TOOK CARE
OF HIMSELF, EVERYTHING ELSE
WOULD TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.
>> HE MADE SURE THAT HE ATE
PROPERLY, GOT THE RIGHT
NUTRITION.
ALSO MADE SURE THAT HE GOT THE
RIGHT AMOUNT OF SLEEP.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, HE WAS ALSO
GIVEN GREAT GENETICS.
>> INDEED.
WE ARE STILL AWAITING WORD FROM
THE MUSIAL FAMILY ON
ARRANGEMENTS FOR A FORMAL