Stan the Man hit 475 career home runs over 22 big league seasons. (Getty)

Around the Diamond looks at our favorite baseball articles and observations throughout the internet.  Here's what we're reading this week.

-Earlier this week, baseball legend Stan Musial received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama. Musial, 90, becomes the eighth former baseball icon to receive the distinguished award.

-Do you have what it takes to be Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon? DRaysBay provides readers the chance to determine their own destiny with a series of choices that effect the outcome of a particular game.

-Rob Neyer of SB Nation continues his series on the top MLB players of the decade with a look at the shortstops and the third basemen.

-Geoff Young (better known as @ducksnorts on Twitter), via ESPN.com's MLB Sweet Spot, examines a game from May 17, 1931 that may have been the worst pitching duel ever.

-Deadspin gives us the (apparently) true story of two lucky guys who were locked inside Camden Yards and lived out some of their baseball dreams.

-The University of California announced that it will not reinstate its baseball program next season, which was the motivation behind this awesome "Cal Baseball Reinstatement Rap" video.

-Harry Pavlidis of The Hardball Times reviews the career of Francisco Liriano as a member of the Minnesota Twins, which includes some PITCHf/x goodies.

-Speaking of PITCHf/x data, Mike Fast of Baseball Prospectus reviews data in hopes to explain why there are so many different variables with the way umpires are calling the strike zone.

-In a shocking revelation, Yahoo Sports reports that spending an extra $3 on a "large" domestic beer at Oakland Coliseum will actually get you LESS beer.