But Stan Musial is an excellent businessman. When one visits his website , the first page offers signed baseball. photos, bats and other items. Stan Musial has adapted—but he hasn't changed.

A nicely signed John Kennedy ball goes for more than $30,000. In 2006 a single signed Herbert Hoover baseball was hammered down at $64,000, though some authorities question its authenticity.

Object Details signer Musial, Stan Description Baseball signed by St. Louis Cardinal great Stan Musial (b.1920) in 1963. Stan "The Man" Musial (1920-2013) played first base for the St. Louis Cardinals ...

Stan Musial poses for a photo in 2008 with Emmy Musial, daughter of David Musial, on a visit to St. Louis to spend time with the baseball Hall of Famer. (Photo courtesy of David Musial.) ...

Musial, one of baseball's greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the Cardinals for more than two decades, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, the team announced. He was 92.

Musial, one of baseball's greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the Cardinals for more than two decades, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. He was 92. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson Jeff Roberson ...

ST. LOUIS (CBSNewYork/AP) — Stan Musial, one of baseball's greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the St. Louis Cardinals for more than two decades, died Saturday. He was 92.

Even though Musial possessed one of baseball's most unorthodox batting stances—a hunched, butt-out coil—the statue flattens the stance, jettisoning the kinks that made it distinctive.