Former Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Dick Groat is shown during pregame ceremonies honoring his lifetime of service to the Pirates organization, before a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals in Pittsburgh on April 1, 2019. Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo
PITTSBURGH—Before Bo Jackson knew everything, before Deion Sanders introduced Prime Time, there was Dick Groat.
A wiry shortstop with a slick glove and a lightning-quick guard with a lethal set shot, Groat was a star on the baseball diamond and the basketball court in the 1950s, long before Jackson and Sanders made major sports multitasking a thing.
