Stan Musial An American Life

Name: Stan Musial An American Life
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ISBN: 9780345517074

ISBN-10: 0345517075

ISBN-13: 9780345517074

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Authors: George Vecsey

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When baseball fans voted on the top twenty-five players of the twentieth century in 1999, Stan Musial didn’t make the cut. This glaring omission—later rectified by a panel of experts—raised an important question: How could a first-ballot Hall of Famer, widely considered one of the greatest hitters in baseball history, still rank as the most underrated athlete of all time?InStan Musial, veteran sports journalist George Vecsey finally gives this twenty-time All-Star and St. Louis Cardinals icon the kind of prestigious biographical treatment previously afforded to his more celebrated contemporaries Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio. More than just a chronological recounting of the events of…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.27" wide x 7.97" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Prologue: Morning in Florida



The Do-Over



Lucky Stanley



The Old Master



Stanley Hits



The Stance



A Hand on the Shoulder



Lukasz and Mary



Invitation to Lunch



How Donora Got Its Name



Mentors



Lil



Takeoff



Pennant Race



Meet Me at the Fair



The Mahatma of the Midwest



Old Navy Buddies



The War



Checks All Over the Bed



Jubilee



A Visitor on the Train



BestSeries Ever



Boat-Rocker



Stanley the Scout



The Strike That Never Happened



Stanley and the Kid



The BigThreee



Bad Air



Family Life



Day Off in Chicago



Prime Time



Stanley Gives an Interview



Temper, Temper



And Some Bad Times



On the Hustings



Better Pants



When the Times Changed



Old Folks



Fender Bender



Retirement



Stanley Runs the Team



Hometown



Stanley Goes to a Reunion



The Polish Connection



The Face in the Crowd



Stanley's Statues



More Funerals



Upstaged Again


Epilogue: Here He Comes Now


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index