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When he finally hung up his spikes in 1963 after 22 wonderful years with the St. Louis Cardinals, Stan Musial, 47, explained that he wanted to "go out while still an asset." That's certainly how Stan the Man wound up his first season as general manager of his old ball club, helping the Cards climb from the National League's second division to a World Series victory over the Boston Red Sox. Now Stan is stepping down again. He has to devote full time to his restaurant and hotel business since the death of his partner. Taking...
...just tell myself I'm gonna hit those cats - and boom, boom, boom." And finally there is Stan Musial, 46, the Cards' rookie general manager, calling his players together after a lost game and warning: "If you guys don't get squared away - well, I just grabbed a bat and it felt pretty good...
...know we've got a chance for the pennant, but we're not making any fuss over it," says Manager Albert ("Red") Schoendienst, 44, longtime star second baseman and Stan Musial's roommate for 13 years while both were playing for the Cardinals. But then, Schoendienst never does make a fuss. And his permissive approach to managing is the perfect prescription for the Cards-especially for such key men as Cepeda and Maris, both of whom came to the team tagged as sulkers and malingerers. No longer. Explains Maris: "I like it here. The pressure...
...comeback staged by Roger Maris. The New York Yankees had given up on Maris after two injury-plagued seasons in which he batted .239 and .233-and Maris had almost given up on himself. Traded to the Cards during the winter, he debated retiring. General Manager Stan Musial, whose own lifetime batting average of .331 qualifies him as a fair judge of hitting talent, finally persuaded Roger to sign (for $75,000)-and neither has any cause for regret. Against the San Francisco Giants last week, Maris collected two hits and scored the winning...
...think he has served his apprenticeship in baseball," said St. Louis Cardinals Owner August Busch Jr. Well, yes, Gussie, and it was quite a training period. Before Outfielder Stan Musial, 46, quit the playing field in 1963 after 22 years with the Cards, he had broken eleven National League records, earned a lifetime batting average of .331, and poled 475 home runs. Stan the Man has been patrolling the Cardinals' front office as a vice president, and doing such a good job of it that Busch thinks it is time for a promotion. Last week Musial became the Cards...