Schuckman: Quincy native Hummel set standard all baseball writers should strive to achieve

Quincy native Rick Hummel spent five decades covering the St. Louis Cardinals and Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He passed away Saturday at the age of 77. | Muddy River Sports photo

QUINCY — Things go awry even with the best-laid plans. Rick Hummel and I laughed about that a couple of times. Last December, with the weather unseasonably warm on the second day of the Collinsville Prairie Farms Holiday Classic, Hummel and I planned to record an episode of “Schuck on a Truck” following one of…

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Crim: Known for trustworthy approach to reporting, Hall of Famer and Quincy native Rick Hummel heading toward retirement

St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball writer Rick Hummel, a Quincy native, works on a story in the Busch Stadium III press box that bears his name before a St. Louis Cardinals game this weekend in St. Louis. | Submitted photo

When it became apparent I wasn’t going to make a living pitching for the St. Louis Cardinals, even though I had spent most of my childhood emulating the windup and mannerisms of Bob Gibson, it seemed the next best thing would be writing about the team every day. A baseball beat writer. In St. louis.…

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