The retired Pujols received the eighth installment of the Stan Musial Lifetime Achievement Award for Sportsmanship at Saturday evening’s Musial Awards at Stifel Theatre, further linking the future Hall of Famer’s legacy to Hall of Famer and award namesake Musial.
“The perfect recipient,” Musial’s daughter, Jean Edmonds said before the show. “We love Albert. Like my daughter will say during her speech tonight, watching Albert when he was here was the closest I got to watching my dad, because I was four when he retired. They had a very special bond.”
The legacy of Musial, as best I can tell, is about achieving greatness while refusing to let the pursuit of it minimize goodness.