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...moodily and began his windup-a reluctant marksman. All evening, Cincinnati's big righthander, Brooks Lawrence, had been firing successfully past the St. Louis Cardinals. Now he seemed ready to throw and duck. And he had reason. Coiled in the batter's box was Stan ("The Man") Musial, the indestructible old pro whose potent bat has been tormenting National League pitchers ever since his rookie season with St. Louis 18 summers...
...ball got past Redleg First Baseman George Crowe for a sharp single. For St. Louis fans, it did not seem to matter that the Cards were in the process of losing another game (7-3), that they lay moulting and mute in the cellar of the league. Stanley Frank Musial had hit in 14 consecutive games; he had pushed his lifetime total of hits to 2,986. Time might catch up with him before he came close to Ty Cobb's far-off collection of 4,191 hits. But this week, barring injury, he should join the select company...
...TIME has run up a good country batting average raising timely monuments for baseball's heroes. Joe DiMaggio was on the cover at the start of his major-league career; Cleveland's Bob Feller had almost all his fireballing years in front of him. Jackie Robinson, Stan Musial, Mickey Mantle-and many others - were all caught when they were going good...
...would have settled for less," said the St. Louis Cardinals' First Baseman Stan Musial, 37, as he signed a $100,000 contract for his 17th season in the majors. National League batting champ for the seventh time, Stan the Man has long since earned his new honor of being the highest-paid player in National League history...
...league baseball was reorganizing its rosters, baseball writers were riffling through their memories and replaying the past. Most Valuable Player in the National League, they decided, was Milwaukee Outfielder Hank Aaron. But the vote was as close as the pennant race, and St. Louis' First Baseman Stan Musial, National League batting champion (for the seventh time), finished only 9 points back. Most Valuable Player in the American League: the New York Yankees' bad-legged Outfielder Mickey Mantle (batting average for the season: .365), who limped in 26 points ahead of Boston's Ted Williams (.388) to take...