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...Secret. The ease with which Stan does his slugging makes him the envy of every batter in the league. No "guess hitter" who tries to anticipate a pitcher's plans and prepare his swing in advance, Stan boasts a set of split-second reflexes that allow him to wait until a ball is halfway to the plate before he commits himself. Though reflexes and muscles are both 37 years old, they are still good enough to enable Stan to belt baseballs at the remarkable early-season clip of .509-good enough to lead both leagues. He has already broken...
Never Enough. "Baseball," says Stan, "is a game you can play as long as you still have two things: desire and the ability to concentrate. Concentration comes hardest of all. The effect on the nervous system is cumulative. At the end of every game I'm beat...
...pitcher frowned 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...
...seasons ago, at the tag end of one of those strength-sapping St. Louis summers, Stan toyed with the restful notion of quitting after he rapped out his 3,000th. Now he knows better. Stepping up to the plate and swinging free-not for fence-busting homers, but for those record-breaking base hits-is a steady satisfaction for the part-time banker and restaurateur who no longer needs the $100,000 salary that makes him the highest paid player in National League history. "Getting tired," says Stan, "is like a man getting hold of all the money he wants...
...Liles upset Yale's Stan McDonald to win the broad jump at 22 feet, 1/2 inch. McDonald finished in a second place tie with Downs...