Andrew Miller of ThePitch.com checks in on Stone in a well-done piece, finding the 43-year-old former outfielder working 12-hour shifts as an inspector at a steel mill in Blytheville, Arkansas.
Stone is remembered for his off-the field words as much as his deeds:
For example, during a minor-league night game (the location varies by publication), he allegedly asked, "Is this the same moon that shines back home?" Asked once if he wanted a shrimp cocktail before dinner, Stone reportedly replied, "I don't drink." Another time, after a season of winter baseball in Venezuela, someone asked Stone why he wasn't taking his television back to the states. He supposedly responded, "It only gets Spanish stations.""Not often does a young player take one step back after another after another," says baseball analyst Bill James in the article. "This was what was unusual about Stone's career."
Worth reading.
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