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...Stan Musial, the St. Louis Cardinals' star right fielder who plans to retire this year, will throw out the first ball in tomorrow's World Series opener at Yankee stadium. The American League pennant winners wired Stan the Man the invitation as soon as St. Louis was mathematically eliminated from the National League title...
...once every percentage play clicked, and every move was blinding genius. To pitch the first game, Alston called on Veteran Lefthander Johnny Podres, bad back, so-so record (13 victories, 10 losses) and all. The slugging Cards got only three hits (including a home run by Stan Musial), and the Dodgers won, 3-1. "We hated to lose that first game," admitted Cardinal Manager Keane. Gritted Musial: "We've got to win the next...
...enduring miracle is Stan Musial, who at 42 is at last about to retire. His .257 batting average this year is well below his .333 lifetime mark. But last week in eleven trips to the plate, he belted a homer, a double and five singles, added a sacrifice fly and drove in five runs. Better still, the homer came after he sat up all night awaiting the birth of his first grandchild...
Born. To Lieut. Richard Stanley Musial, 23, son of the St. Louis Cardinals' 42-year-old slugger, and Sharon Edgar Musial, 19: their first child, a son; in Fort Riley, Kans. (see SPORT...
...Louis Cardinals Outfielder Stan Musial announced with a catch in his voice that he will retire at season's end, thus closing one of the greatest careers in baseball. In 22 seasons, all with the Cards, Stan the Man has broken or tied 56 records, setting a National League high of 3,610 hits, a major-league high of 1,371 extra base hits. He has reached the point where every time he gets a hit, or even appears in a game, he adds to some record or other. Batting only .256 this season, 77 points below his lifetime...