Friday Rewind: Six Degrees of Dick Groat

Dick Groat was quite a man. He was not gifted with particularly great athleticism — he stood only about 5-foot-11, wasn’t especially fast, as a hitter he lacked power, as a basketball player he lacked explosiveness — and yet, the man won an MVP Award, came close to winning another, played in both the NBA and MLB, almost singlehandedly led his Army team …