Stan Musial (54 page)

  
1
 Interview with Zev Yaroslavsky, Dec. 30, 2008.

  
1
 “No matter who you talk to”: Dal Maxvill, interview, Jan. 14, 2009.

  
2
 “The Cubs were awful”: Email message from Steve Kaufman, 2009.

  
3
 “Why would anybody”: Jack Buck, with Bob Broeg and Bob Rains,
“That’s a Winner!”
(Champaign, Ill.: Sports Publishing, 2002).

  
4
 Musial also displayed righteous anger: Giglio,
Musial
, 233.

  
1
 “My ambition,” Busch said: “The Barons of Beer,”
Time
, Jul. 11, 1955.

  
2
 Known as Gussie: Robert McG. Thomas Jr., “August A. Busch Jr. Dies at 90; Built Largest Brewing Company,”
New York Times
, Sep. 30, 1989.

  
3
 Normally, the players bet sodas: Garagiola,
Just Play Ball
, 82–83.

  
4
 “The Year of the Big Minus”:
Stan Musial: “The Man’s” Own Story
, 172.

  
5
 Bob Broeg, Musial’s confidant:
The Legend of Stan the Man Musial
.

  
6
 Lane pronounced: Associated Press, “Only Five Cards ‘Untouchables,’ ” May 21, 1956.

  
7
 “We would be taking”: Schoendienst,
Red: A Baseball Life
, 81–82.

  
8
 investigating a rumor: Robin Roberts, interview, Feb. 1, 2010; “Phils Are Not Talking Trade for Roberts,”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
, Jun. 13, 1956; Bob Broeg, “Lane Tones Down Trade Talk After 3-Way Meeting,”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
, Jun. 13, 1956.

  
9
 Biggie promptly called:
Stan Musial: “The Man’s” Own Story
, 178.

10
 “I’m picking up Stan”:
The Legend of Stan the Man Musial
.

11
 After a day or two: Associated Press, “Musial Deal Not in Cards, Lane Insists,” Jun. 11, 1956.

12
 Red began to wonder: Schoendienst,
Red: A Baseball Life
, 83.

13
 Musial’s memory of that awful day: Ibid., vii.

14
 “Yeah, boy, he didn’t like that”:
The Legend of Stan the Man Musial
.

15
 “Musial just laughed”: Ibid.

16
 Red was pretty miserable: Louis Effrat, “Schoendienst Misses His Room-Mate Most of All,”
New York Times
, Aug. 7, 1956.

17
 One consequence: Roger D. Launius,
Seasons in the Sun: The Story of Big League Baseball in Missouri
(Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2002).

18
 “I never saw Stan”: Schoendienst,
Red: A Baseball Life
, 83.

19
 One moment came: Giglio,
Musial
, 200.

20
 Upon turning thirty-six:
Stan Musial: “The Man’s” Own Story
, 183.

21
 “We were a tough bunch”: Hunter,
TV One-on-One
.

22
 Musial gave a brief look: Giglio,
Musial
, 222.

23
 “I met Al Barlick”: Joe Torre, interview, Jul. 9, 2009.

24
 Another umpire anecdote: Joe Posnanski, “Where Are They Now?”
Sports Illustrated
, Aug. 2, 2010.

25
 Stanley has even received credit: Craig Mulder, “The Right Call: Widely Respect, Harvey Earns an Umpire’s Highest Honor,”
Memories and Dreams
(National Baseball Hall of Fame), Spring 2010.

26
 After getting one hit on Monday:
Stan Musial: “The Man’s” Own Story
, 202.

27
 On Tuesday Lil:
The Legend of Stan the Man Musial
.

28
 “He told the fans”: Gerry Ashley, interview, 2009.

29
 “At first, I wasn’t too keen”: Lee Kavetski, “Stan ‘The Man’ Musial—A Class Guy,”
Stars and Stripes
, Pacific edition, Jan. 24, 1988.

30
 The hosts would give: Ruben Amaro Sr., interview, Mar. 22, 2010.

31
 Without knowing it: Sadaharu Oh, with David Falkner,
A Zen Way of Baseball
(New York: Times Books, 1984), 82.

32
 “Butch Yatkeman”: Solly Hemus, interview, Apr. 14, 2010.

33
 His parents did not name him: Curt Flood, with Richard Carter,
The Way It Is
(New York: Pocket Books, 1972), 67.

34
 “My mom said”: Gerry Ashley, interview, Jul. 14, 2010.

35
 “I said, ‘I think Solly deserves’ ”: Golenbock,
The Spirit of St. Louis
, 432–33.

36
 “His kids hated me”: Solly Hemus, interview, Apr. 14, 2010.

37
 “Please tell him”: Email from Gerry Ashley, Apr. 2010.

38
 “He gave me a lot”: Solly Hemus, interview, Apr. 14, 2010.

39
 “I took a pretty good cut”:
Stan Musial: “The Man’s” Own Story
, 211.

40
 “The Cardinals have been generous”:
Sporting News
, Jan. 27, 1960.

41
 “Stan Musial, who functioned”: James A. Michener,
Sports in America
(New York: Random House, 1976), 271.

42
 Hemus did make two good moves:
Stan Musial: “The Man’s” Own Story
, 214.

43
 While Musial was observing: Lester J. Biederman, “Musial Deeply Hurt by Card Treatment, His Friends Claim,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Jun. 14, 1960.

44
 Many years later: Broeg,
The Man Stan
, 31.

45
 “By then, when I’d go home”: Bob Broeg, “Stan Musial’s Fight to Keep Playing,”
Sport
, Apr. 1963.

  
1
 “Oh, my God”: Angie Dickinson, interview, Mar. 10, 2010.

  
2
 Musial often told:
Stan Musial: “The Man’s” Own Story
, 3.

  
3
 apparently White suggested Musial: James A. Michener,
Report of the County Chairman
(New York: Random House, 1961), 155.

  
4
 “No time was designated”: Ibid.

  
5
 Michener called him: Ibid., 158.

  
6
 “I played in Denver”: Ibid., 159.

  
7
 “a strikingly beautiful young woman”: Ibid., 155.

  
8
 “Artie, you were a sensation”: Ibid., 163.

  
9
 “We had no ball club”: Angie Dickinson, interview, Mar. 10, 2010.

10
 “Jeff and I had dated”: Ibid.

11
 This was red-state: Michener,
Report of the County Chairman
, 179.

12
 “I said, ‘Oh, my God, why?”: Angie Dickinson, interview, Mar. 10, 2010.

13
 “You ought to talk to Angie”: Tom Ashley, interview, Mar. 22, 2010.

  
1
 In his own locker: Ruben Amaro Sr., interview, Mar. 22, 2010.

  
1
 Brooks Lawrence, a rookie pitcher: Golenbock,
The Spirit of St. Louis
, 414.

  
2
 Hemus confused Gibson: Gibson and Jackson,
Sixty Feet, Six Inches
, 235.

  
3
 “He was more like a dad”: Gibson and Jackson,
Sixty Feet, Six Inches
, 214.

  
4
 “I watched George punish himself”: Broeg, “Stan Musial’s Fight to Keep Playing,”
Sport
.

  
5
 “The more time you spend”:
Stan Musial: “The Man’s” Own Story
, 216.

  
6
 Crowe praised Musial: George Crowe, interview, Jan. 7, 2009.

  
7
 “We played side by side”: Flood,
The Way It Is
, 52–53.

  
8
 Musial was upset: Ibid., 77.

  
9
 “They invited all but the colored”: Ibid., 56.

10
 In 1961, the two doctors: Rosalie Peck, interview, Oct. 2008.

11
 “Do you mean to tell me”: Flood,
The Way It Is
, 57.

12
 “Busch was just worried”: Bill White, interview, 2009.

13
 “the year I got out”: Bob Gibson interview, Sep. 29, 2009.

14
 “All those years”: Mildred White, interview, Dec. 5, 2008.

15
 Stan and Lil have never talked: Gerry Ashley, interview.

16
 “Bill’s Wife Solved Problem”:
Sporting News
, spring 1962, undated clip courtesy of Mildred White.

17
 “People would drive by”: Brad Snyder,
A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood’s Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports
(New York: Viking Press, 2006), 180.

18
 “Best hitter I ever saw”: Bill White, interview, 2009.

19
 “The Cardinals were different”: Gibson and Jackson,
Sixty Feet, Six Inches
, 189.

20
 This chapter is informed by: Howard and Wimbish,
Elston and Me
, and interviews with both. Also, Brian Carroll, “Wendell Smith’s Last Crusade: The Desegregation of Spring Training, 1961,”
The 13th Annual Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture
, ed. William Simons (Jefferson City, N.C.: McFarland Press, 2002).

  
1
 “Stan was on the bench”: Jack Olsen, “That Johnny Keane Is a Fine Manager Is What He Sure Is,”
Sports Illustrated
, Apr. 13, 1964.

  
2
 With Keane’s encouragement:
Stan Musial: “The Man’s” Own Story
, 84.

  
3
 “We’ve got a one-run lead”: Alvin Jackson, interview, Feb. 13, 2009.

  
4
 Lil had missed:
Stan Musial: “The Man’s” Own Story
, 227.

  
5
 “We came back”: John H. Zentay, interview, Nov. 29, 2010.

  
6
 “It was clear there was affection”: Ibid.

  
7
 “Zentay would remember: Ibid.

  
8
 “My mom was impressed”: Gerry Ashley, email message, Nov. 29, 2010.

  
9
 “Everything I have I owe”: Les Biederman, “Musial’s Storied Career Opposite of Reckless Cobb’s,”
Pittsburgh Press
, July 17, 1962.

10
 Decades later, Tim McCarver: Tim McCarver, interview, Nov. 13, 2008.

11
 “I’m afraid”: Bob Broeg, “Devine, Busch Say No; Cards to Make Stan Veep When He Quits,”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
, Nov. 6, 1962.

12
 “I tried to pitch”:
The Legend of Stan the Man Musial
.

13
 “Normally, a guy”: Joe Torre, interview, Jul. 9, 2009.

14
 Musial broke the news: Olsen, “That Johnny Keane Is a Fine Manager.”

15
 The family stayed up: Gerry Ashley, interview.

16
 “I don’t wear dark glasses”: W. C. Heinz, “Stan Musial’s Last Day,”
Life
, Oct. 11, 1963; Hano, “Stan Musial’s Last Game,”
Sport
.

  
1
 Thomas Ashley, interview.

  
1
 “Stan was there”: Anonymous posting on St. Louis Memories, 2009,
http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com
.

  
2
 “Washington would have been”: Gerry Ashley, interview.

  
3
 “Calisthenics are fine”: Associated Press, “Cardinals Give Musial Free Hand to Encourage Physical Fitness,” Mar. 22, 1964.

  
4
 Because the job paid: Giglio,
Musial
, 277–78.

  
5
 “LBJ had Stan lobbying”: Tom Ashley, interview, 2009.

  
6
 “But didn’t you find”: Kahn, “Of Galahad and Quests That Failed.”

  
7
 Musial still gravitated:
Stan Musial: “The Man’s” Own Story
, 230.

  
8
 “I knew Red needed experience”: Bob Broeg, “Red and Stan—Spirit of St. Louis,”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
, Oct. 7, 1967.

  
9
 He had always talked: Bob Broeg, “Honored in Brooklyn and Poland, Stan Remains the Man in Motion,”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
, Jun. 21, 1990.

10
 “When you’re in that house”: Gerry Ashley, interview, 2009.

11
 “Their house is like anybody else’s”: Helen P. Nelson, interview, Jun. 29, 2009.

12
 “Lil is one of the finest”: Danny and Pat Litwhiler, interview, Apr. 2010.

13
 “He came to my house”: Robert Hermann, interview, 2009.

14
 “I’m sure it happened”: Tom Ashley Jr., interview, Aug. 13, 2009.

15
 “It was pretty dangerous over there”: Col. James Hackett, interview, May 12, 2009.

16
 “We would split up”: Brooks Robinson, interview, Oct. 5, 2009.

17
 “I was just young and stupid”: Joe Torre, interview, July 9, 2009.

18
 When Musial got home: Jack Herman, “War Zone Trip Warms Musial,” St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
, Nov. 21, 1966.

  
1
 Musial agreed: Neal Russo, “Musial Replaces Howsam as GM,”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
, Jan. 23, 1967.

  
2
 “As the reader already knows”: Flood,
The Way It Is
, 66.

  
3
 “Stan said, ‘Hey’ ”: Dal Maxvill, interview, Jan. 14, 2009.

  
4
 “Maris was very temperamental”: Bill Bergesch, interview, 2008.

  
5
 “Tell me one thing”: Bob Broeg, “Gussie Scores on Devine’s Home Run,”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
, Dec. 6, 1967.

  
6
 “Gentlemen, I have a feeling”: Broeg,
The Man, Stan
, 234.

  
7
 “It was so cold”: Alvin Jackson, interview, Feb. 13, 2009.

  
8
 “When the club”: Dal Maxvill, interview, Jan. 14, 2009.

  
9
 “He says, ‘Well’ ”: Red Schoendienst, interview for ESPN Century 2000, Nov. 29, 2000.

10
 When Stanley really needed: Broeg,
The Man, Stan
, 234–35.

11
 Tim McCarver said: Tim McCarver, interview, Nov. 13, 2008.

12
 “He has actually shown”: Broeg, “Red and Stan.”

13
 “Stan twiddled his thumbs”: Hunter,
TV One-on-One
.

14
 “If you want to do”: Red Schoendienst, interview for ESPN, Nov. 29, 2000.

15
 On December 5: Stan Isle, “A Big Rumble in Cardinals’ Executive Suite,”
Sporting News
, Dec. 1967; John J. Archibold, “Bing’s Return,”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
, Dec. 5, 1967.

16
 It was Christmas Eve 1967: John Kopchak, interview, Nov. 29, 2010.

17
 “Are you a millionaire?”: Kahn, “Of Galahad and Quests That Failed.”

18
 “Gentlemen, I don’t think”: “Busch Lectures on Fan Alienation,”
New York Times
, March 23, 1969.

19
 At the Supreme Court: Snyder,
A Weil-Paid Slave
.

20
 There was no reason to expect: Flood,
The Way It Is
.

21
 “Spring of 1972”: Keith Hernandez, interview, Nov. 10, 2008.

22
 “I invited my old coaches”:
Halls of Fame: Stan Musial
.

23
 “The church was jammed”: Fay Vincent, interview, Dec. 30, 2008.

24
 Late into the night, Musial: Paul Nuzzolese, interview, 2008.

25
 He could show up anywhere: Ray Corio, interview, 2008.