Stan Musial (53 page)

  
1
 It was not the first time: Giglio,
Musial
, 59–60.

  
2
 Musial said he loved barnstorming: Marshall,
Baseball’s Pivotal Era
, 343.

  
3
 The Court had declined: Fetter,
Taking on the Yankees
, 67.

  
4
 “I think a lot”: Stan Musial, St. Louis, May 17, 1978, A. B. Chandler Oral History Project.

  
5
 Murphy’s efforts were blocked: Lowenfish,
Branch Rickey
, 430.

  
6
 On June 7: Turner,
When the Boys Came Back
, 142.

  
7
 Ralph Kiner, later a Hall: Ralph Kiner, interview, Aug. 24, 2009.

  
8
 After the game, Brown was roughed: William O. DeWitt Sr., Cincinnati, Sep. 29 and Oct. 1, 1980, A. B. Chandler Oral History Project.

  
9
 “Murphy money”: Turner,
When the Boys Came Back
, 192.

10
 “If it hadn’t been”: Marty Marion, St. Louis, May 19, 1978. A. B. Chandler Oral History Project.

11
 “Marty was kinda our leader”: Stan Musial, St. Louis, May 17, 1978, A. B. Chandler Oral History Project.

12
 “I had to go”: Marty Marion, St. Louis, May 19, 1978, A. B. Chandler Oral History Project.

13
 One of the leaders: Turner,
When the Boys Came Back
, 194.

14
 On October 13: Associated Press, “$175,000 in Radio Fee to Pension Fund,”
New York Times
, Oct. 14, 1946.

15
 “We wanted some representation”: Stan Musial, St. Louis, May 17, 1978, A. B. Chandler Oral History Project.

16
 “Mr. Breadon, I don’t care”:
Stan Musial: “The Man’s” Own Story
, 101.

  
1
 Musial, Feller, and Slaughter, from a tape at the conference “Jackie Robinson: Race, Sports and the American Dream,” Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York, Apr. 3–5, 1997; Marty Adler, interview, Jun. 24, 2009.

  
1
 All the attention to Robinson: Timothy M. Gay,
Satch, Dizzy and Rapid Robert: The Wild Saga of Interracial Baseball Before Jackie Robinson
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 2010), 222.

  
2
 “He didn’t impress me”: Stan Musial, St. Louis, May 17, 1978, A. B. Chandler Oral History Project.

  
3
 For those who wondered: Lowenfish,
Branch Rickey
, 23–24.

  
4
 “You know, he wasn’t”: Stan Musial, St. Louis, May 17, 1978, A. B. Chandler Oral History Project.

  
5
 “Well, that was probably true”: Ibid.

  
6
 “I wasn’t in that meeting”: Ralph Branca, interview, Nov. 14, 2008.

  
7
 “I’ll play an elephant”: Lowenfish,
Branch Rickey
, 418–19.

  
8
 Rumors of a strike: Jonathan Eig,
Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Season
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 2007), 97.

  
9
 The strike rumors: “Cards’ Strike Plan Against Negro Dropped,”
New York Times
, May 9, 1947; “Robinson Reveals Written Threats,”
New York Times
, May 10, 1947.

10
 “Sam was one of their own”: Bob Broeg, interview, ESPN
SportsCentury
, Nov. 29, 2000.

11
 Frick quoted Breadon: Eig,
Opening Day
, 97.

12
 “The National League will go down”: Harold Rosenthal, “The Story Behind the Story,”
New York Times
, May 4, 1997.

13
 Breadon later told Jerome Holtzman: Eig,
Opening Day
, 94.

14
 Most of the Cardinals: Dom Amore, “Freddy Schmidt, 92, Came Out of Hartford, Won Two World Series Rings and Saw Jackie Robinson Break In, But Let Him Tell You,”
Hartford Courant
, Jun. 29, 2008.

15
 “Nothing was ever concrete”: Harry Walker, Leeds, Alabama, May 11, 1988, A. B. Chandler Oral History Project.

16
 Breadon labeled Woodward’s:
New York Herald Tribune
, May 10, 1947.

17
 calling them “carpetbaggers”: Amore, “Freddy Schmidt.”

18
 “I think they felt”: Stan Musial, St. Louis, May 17, 1978, A. B. Chandler Oral History Project.

19
 “I heard talk”: Roger Kahn,
The Era: 1947–1957: When the Yankees, the Giants, and the Dodgers Ruled the World
(New York: Ticknor and Fields, 1993).

20
 In 1997, Musial told: Robert Dvorchak, “Donora’s Stan Musial Is Still ‘The Man,’ ”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Mar. 12, 1997.

21
 Besides, Musial was dealing:
Stan Musial: “The Man’s” Own Story
, 104.

22
 Dr. Hyland proposed: Sher, “The Stan Musial Nobody Knows.”

23
 “Dyer says, ‘Hiya, pal’ ”: Bob Broeg, interview, ESPN
SportsCentury
, Nov. 29, 2000.

24
 The Cardinals were on: Arnold Rampersad,
Jackie Robinson, a Biography
(New York: Knopf, 1997), 182.

25
 The spiking happened: Eig,
Opening Day
, 222; Roscoe McGowen, “Kurowski’s Homer Stops Brooks, 3–2,”
New York Times
, Aug. 21, 1947.

26
 “How he didn’t go tumbling”: Ralph Branca, interview, Nov. 14, 2008.

27
 “I see it developing”: Joe McDonald, interview, Nov. 25, 2008.

28
 “He said something to me”: Stan Musial, St. Louis, May 17, 1978, A. B. Chandler Oral History Project.

29
 In another version: Kahn,
The Era
, 87.

30
 “I’m glad you asked that question”: Enos Slaughter, at the conference “Jackie Robinson: Race, Sports and the American Dream,” Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York, Apr. 3–5, 1997.

31
 “You have to admire”: Stan Musial, St. Louis, May 17, 1978, A. B. Chandler Oral History Project.

32
 “They were making such a big deal”: Marty Marion, St. Louis, May 19, 1978, A. B. Chandler Oral History Project.

33
 “Robinson had said”: Julius Hunter,
TV One-on-One
(St. Louis: Gashouse Books, 2008).

34
 “He was like Gil Hodges”: Roger Kahn, interview, 2010; Kahn, “Of Galahad and Quests That Failed.”

35
 And then there was the story: David Falkner,
Great Time Coming: The Life of Jackie Robinson, from Baseball to Birmingham
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 1995), 225.

36
 “After I warmed up”: Joe Black, at the conference “Jackie Robinson: Race, Sports and the American Dream,” Long Island University, Brooklyn, Apr. 3–5, 1997.

  
1
 The way Ted Williams told it: Ted Williams with John Underwood,
My Turn at Bat: The Story of My Life
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969), 243–44.

  
2
 In Musial’s version:
Stan Musial: “The Man’s” Own Story
, 208.

  
1
 Giuseppe DiMaggio came to the States: Cramer,
Joe DiMaggio
, 16–17.

  
2
 The family spoke a Sicilian dialect: Ibid., 214.

  
3
 “I never wore a uniform”: Williams,
My Turn at Bat
.

  
4
 “For some reason, Ted Williams”: Ned Garver, interview, Jun. 30, 2009.

  
5
 “Just don’t let John Henry know”: Curt Block, friend of Ned Garver, interview, May 6, 2010.

  
6
 “When he was taking batting practice”: Ned Garver, interview, Jun. 30, 2009.

  
7
 “I don’t want to say”: Joe Williams, “Musial Rates DiMaggio over Ted Williams,”
New York World-Telegram and Sun
, Mar. 23, 1949.

  
8
 Musial met Cobb once: Tom Ashley, interview, 2009. 174 Bill White, a teammate: Bill White, interview.

  
9
 “I only faced him”: Dom Amore, “The World According to Freddy,”
Hartford Courant
, Jun. 29, 2008.

10
 in April 1947, Tom Yawkey: Cramer,
Joe DiMaggio
, 228.

11
 “If we had traded Williams”: Linn,
Hitter
, 21.

12
 “Sure, he can hit”: Cramer,
Joe DiMaggio
, 188.

13
 DiMaggio thought of Williams: Ibid., 164.

14
 Williams’s brother, Danny: Linn,
Hitter
, 325.

15
 “He once told me”: Letter from Jim Prime, 2009.

16
 “All he ever wants”: Cramer,
Joe DiMaggio
, 179.

17
 “When I get asked”: Warren Mayes, “Stan the Man Still a St. Louis Icon at 81,” Associated Press, Aug. 17, 2002.

18
 Cronin did not vote: Linn,
Hitter
, 21.

  
1
 Miss Halloween: Verna Duda, interview, Mar. 25, 2009.

  
2
 In the middle: Dr. Charles Stacey, interview, Mar. 24, 2009.

  
3
 “My
zadie
said”: Dr. Devra Davis, interview, Apr. 17, 2009.

  
4
 Killer smogs in cities: Davis,
When Smoke Ran Like Water
, 11–29.

  
5
 “Our grandfather Musial”: Gerry Ashley, interview, 2009.

  
1
 “Every time my dad”: Sher, “The Stan Musial Nobody Knows.”

  
2
 “Frankly, I would just as soon”:
Stan Musial: “The Man’s” Own Story
, 120.

  
3
 Ed Carson had recognized: Sher, “The Stan Musial Nobody Knows.”

  
4
 Biggie was the son: Giglio,
Musial
, 170.

  
5
 Later he moved into patronage: “Julius (Biggie) Garagnani Dies,”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
, June 20, 1967.

  
6
 “larger than life”: Tom Ashley, interview, 2009.

  
7
 “A bit rough around the edges”: Gerry Ashley, interview, Mar. 2009.

  
8
 “I had a moderate amount”:
Stan Musial: “The Man’s” Own Story
, 121.

  
9
 Carmen would always remember: Christopher Hann, “It Ain’t Over,”
New Jersey Monthly
, Feb. 1, 2008.

  
10
 “I had my first sour cream”: Tim McCarver, interview, Nov. 13, 2008.

11
 Another view of Biggie: Biggie Garagnani, as told to J. Roy Stockton, “My Partner Stan Musial,”
Sport
, July 1950.

12
 “Say, Big, have you been over”: Mickey McTague, email, Dec. 8, 2010.

13
 “He and my mom”: Gerry Ashley, interview, 2009.

14
 Musial insisted:
Stan Musial: “The Man’s” Own Story
, 121.

15
 “Sometimes if they do something”: Mrs. Stan Musial, “My Life with Stan.”

16
 The Musials were friendly: Gerry Ashley, interview, 2010.

17
 “He’d always be holding”: Roger Kahn, “The Man.”

18
 “My dad was interested”: Dr. Ben Vanek, interview, Dec. 1, 2008.

19
 “Dick isn’t interested in baseball”: Hugh Brown, “Young and Old Flock to ‘The Man,’ ”
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
, May 21, 1958.

20
 “Those kids used to try”: Mike Shannon, interview,
The Legend of Stan the Man
.

  
1
 “The kids were all thrilled”: Prof. M. B. B. Biskupski, Ph.D., S. A. Blejwas Endowed Chair in Polish History, Central Connecticut State University, interview, Nov. 4, 2008.

  
1
 after Dr. Hyland removed: Associated Press, “Stan Musial Doing Well,”
New York Times
, Oct. 16, 1947.

  
2
 “Stash seemed to stand up”: Sher, “The Stan Musial Nobody Knows.”

  
3
 But Musial has suggested another reason:
Halls of Fame: Stan Musial
.

  
4
 “Pitchers generally had thrown”:
The Legend of Stan the Man Musial
.

  
5
 “He said, ‘Yeah, Commissioner’ ”: Fay Vincent, interview, Dec. 30, 2008.

  
6
 “You know, that was the decision”: Stan Musial, St. Louis, May 17, 1978, A. B. Chandler Oral History Project.

  
7
 Quincy Trouppe, scouting: James,
The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract
, 228.

  
8
 Howard’s widow, Arlene: Arlene Howard and Ralph Wimbish,
Elston and Me: The Story of the First Black Yankee
(Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2001); Arlene Howard, interview, 2008.

  
9
 “The only time”: Stan Musial, St. Louis, May 17, 1978, A. B. Chandler Oral History Project.

10
 “He had something to say”: Marshall,
Baseball’s Pivotal Era
.

11
 “We’d watch ’em”: Don Newcombe, interview, Jan. 7, 2009.

12
 Musial the businessman: Sher, “The Stan Musial Nobody Knows.”

13
 Musial’s pose toward the owners:
Stan Musial: “The Man’s” Own Story
, 114–20.

14
 “He had always approached”: Fred Saigh, “What Musial Means to the Cards,”
Sport
, Jul. 1952.

15
 “Mr. Saigh, I have been well”: Ibid.

16
 “I think about that sometimes”: Red Schoendienst, as told to Bob Broeg, “Me and My Roomie,”
Sport
, Jun. 1955.

17
 “When we were on the road”: Kahn, “Of Galahad and Quests That Failed.”

18
 “The Pirates would be”: Ralph Kiner, interview, Aug. 24, 2009.

19
 “That was a real nice thing”: Golenbock,
The Spirit of St. Louis
, 424–25.

20
 “Early in the game”: Wayne Terwilliger, interview, Feb. 27, 2009.

21
 Musial rarely gave advice: Joe Cunningham, interview, Jan. 16, 2009.

22
 “I thought, ‘Okay’ ”: Ed Mickelson, interview, Feb. 3, 2009.

23
 “There was a half inch”: Joe Garagiola, interview, Aug. 2009.

24
 “Hey, Stan, about ten of us”: Garagiola, interview, 2009. Yogi version: Yogi Berra, with Dave Kaplan,
You Can Observe a Lot by Watching
(New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2008), 20.

25
 Lil happened to stay home:
Stan Musial: “The Man’s” Own Story
, 165.

26
 Legend says that Musial promised everybody: Robin Roberts, interview, Jan. 27, 2009.

27
 Henry Aaron, in the same dugout: Wayne Stewart,
Stan the Man: The Life and Times of Stan Musial
(Chicago: Triumph Books, 2010), 145.

28
 “Stash is the oldest player”: Berra,
You Can Observe a Lot by Watching
, 162.

29
 “It was a long game”: Yogi Berra, interview, Dec. 9, 2008.

30
 Then there is Frank Sullivan: Frank Sullivan,
Life Is More Than 9 Innings: Memories of a Boston Red Sox Pitcher
(Honolulu: Editions Limited, 2008), 58.