Great stuff gents. Dick Musial ran the financial side of Stan’s many investment ventures.
Unfortunately he unintentionally contributed to the falling out between Stan and Joe Garagiola. From what I have read, Dick transferred some funds from the account of Redbird Lanes, the bowling alley Stan and Joe co-owned, to the restaurant Stan owned with “Biggie” Garagnani. Joe filed a lawsuit to get the money back.
Stan was so upset that Joe didn’t just come to him personally about it, and he would’ve have “written a check” to cover the funds. The lawsuit hurt Stan deeply and he never forgave Joe for that.
Joe eventually relocated to Arizona and got involved with the DiamondBacks franchise. Not sure whatever happened to Redbird Lanes, but maybe Cranny or some of you guys know.
And speaking of Stan and Biggie’s restaurant, that same teenage trip me and a buddy made to St. Louis in the ‘70s, we took a bus out to the restaurant and had dinner one night. Stan was there and greeting guests and handing out autograph photos, but he never came to our table. We kind of sensed that he was not interested in talking to a couple of kids, and maybe even wondered where our parents were. 🙂