Word: stan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With a Bicycle. At Ebbets Field, a restless buzz rose from the crowd as the first two Cardinals took their turns at bat. Then a slender young man, wearing No. 6 on his back, stepped to the plate. Stan ("The Man") Musial was at bat and the crowd really let go. A hard-bitten minority booed, but they were drowned out by the cheers. It was Brooklyn's sportsmanlike tribute to one of the greatest players in the game. Stan Musial is the highest salaried (at $50,000 a year) and most feared batter in the National League...
Little Left-Hander. It is now a matter of deep mortification in Pittsburgh that Stan Musial originally dreamed of being a Pirate. Unfortunately for Pittsburgh, the Pirates never dreamed of Stan Musial until it was too late. Stan was born in Donora, Pa. (about 25 miles southeast of Pittsburgh), where his father, Lukasz Musial, a Polish immigrant, worked at the zinc mill to support a wife and six kids...
...lackluster frame house two doors from the home of Joe Barbao, a semi-pro pitcher who worked nights in the zinc mill. Joe played catch with the kid he called "the little left-hander," taught him how to hold a ball to throw a curve. It was Stan Musial's ambition to be another Lefty Grove...
...third day, the roof fell in. Brooklyn's starting pitcher, Negro Don Newcombe, was shelled off the mound before he could get a single man out. Stan the Man made it an informal Musial Day by hitting for the cycle-a single, double, triple and home run-with a base on balls for good measure. Final score, with help from other old Cards like Outfielder Enos
Tired old (28) Stan Musial was still having trouble getting his batting average up to Musial standards (.304 as of this week). But against the Dodgers he was hitting an old-fashioned...