Word: cardinale
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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As the chartered DC-6 roared down the runway, bound for St. Louis, the atmosphere inside was glum enough: the staggering Cardinals had just dropped a doubleheader to the Pittsburgh Pirates. It quickly got worse. Just 30 seconds after takeoff, a portside engine conked out, and Cardinal ballplayers stared tensely...
If Musial's wry jest had come true two seasons back, no Cardinal fan would have been much surprised. At 41 and in his 21st big-league season, "Stan the Man" has survived long past a ballplayer's professional life expectancy. His contemporaries - Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey...
In such swashbuckling company, Stan Musial seems pleasantly out of place-living proof that nice guys do not necessarily finish last. Nobody has ever seen him sulk or throw a tantrum. Unlike Ruth, he has never punched a cop. Unlike Cobb, he has never attacked a crippled heckler in the...
A major reason for the coincidence of all the "little betters" this year is that G.M.'s committees simply did not make as many wrong decisions as their rivals did. Donner crows a bit over Ford's last-minute cancellation of U.S. production of the Cardinal after plowing...
Hulking (6 ft. 2 in., 200 Ibs.) and heavy-legged, Kenny is, surprisingly, one of the fastest men on the Cardinal team. He is also the team captain, a power hitter and the most dependable ballplayer on the club. "Kenny's our big man," says Manager Johnny Keane. "And...