Tomorrow, Thursday January 24^th, is the free public visitation for Stan Musial at Cathedral Basilica from 2pm until 8. Todd and I were talking about the ‘who’s gonna fill those shoes’ factor and of course Albert’s name came up. While the local newspaper talked with Red, Mike and other current Cardinals after the passing of Number 6, the USAToday sought out Albert, interviewed him about Stan and gave him a front page picture and a featured article. Not to belabor the discussion, which also came up during the Albert/Cards negotiations, but we wonder if he’s kicking himself.  We don’t know what went down (really), but in the heat of those talks, perhaps neither side saw the forest for the trees. Sure maybe the Cards brass were hardliners, maybe Albert’s agent was too, but it eventually comes down to “The Man” and that reference is meant for Albert, ‘the man’ ...