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...into a base runner's teeth. He is, says ex-Teammate Joe Garagiola, a "saint with money." Only once, in 1959, has he openly disputed an umpire's call. The ump's reaction was hilarious-he gaped at Musial, then whirled and thumbed Cardinal Manager Solly Hemus, standing silently to one side, out of the game. In the locker room, a cigar clamped in his caramel-tan face, Musial keeps things relaxed with an endless supply of gentle practical jokes and good-humored cracks. He once told John F. Kennedy: "They tell...
When the lodge secrets were published in July, National Leaguers could not wait to see Black Sheep Brosnan trip over his big mouth and fall right out of baseball. "You think this book was funny?" chortled Cardinals' Manager Solly Hemus, Brosnan's pet hate and the man who traded him to Cincinnati. "Wait until you see him pitch...
...Louis is in trouble and will have a hard time finishing higher than fifth. Manager Solly Hemus lost his best pitcher, Jones, to the Giants and has little to replace him. Vinegar Bend Mizell and Larry Jackson are only so-so and behind them, there is little besides a highly touted rookie, Ernie Broglio. Hard-hitting Joe Cunningham (.312) is set at first as is Don Blasingame at second. There is a gaping hole at short which may have to be filled with Alex Grammas, who would have trouble hitting .300 in the Little Leagues. Ken Boyer, an almost-great...
...wants to form a team of Cardinal cast-offs-Bill Virdon, Jackie Brandt, Pete Whisenant, Joe Frazier, Alex Grammas, Solly Hemus, Bill Sarni, Haddix, Lawrence and, of course, Schoendienst-to play the present Cards. Proceeds to go to charity...
...were stalling unconscionably. Cardinal Pilot Harry Walker roared a reply, and in no time at all Tebbetts and Walker grappled in the dust, triggered the season's most spirited rhubarb. While Cincinnati's monolithic (6 ft 2 in., 225 Ibs.) Ted Kluszewski laughingly held struggling Cardinal Solly Hemus in a bear hug on the sideline, some 15 brawls burgeoned all around the infield...