Baseball lost a great example Friday. Bill "Moose" Skowron, a six-time All-Star with the New York Yankees and a beloved member of the Chicago White Sox, died at age 81. He had been battling lung cancer. Moose was a friendly and funny man with a buzz haircut and a squeaky, Chicago-accented voice who could tell legendary stories about everyone from Mickey Mantle and Billy Martin to Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe. Skowron played in seven World Series as a first baseman with the Yankees during one of their golden eras. He wasn't quite as good, or as famous, as Mantle, Roger Maris, Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford, but he was just as much of a Yankee as all of them. And Skowron seemed just as comfortable going against the Empire. After getting traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers, he helped beat the Yanks with a great World Series in 1963. And, despite Skowron's history in New York, he managed to become one of the most beloved White Sox players after getting traded to his hometown team in 1964. That was Skowron, fitting in wherever he went. Here's what Yankees teammate Tony Kubek said about him in a feature published in the Chicago Tribune last year: "Moose was all about winning and toughness...