The Man Stan: Musial, Then and Now…
Price: $175.00
Hard Cover. St. Louis, Missouri; The Bethany Press, 1977. First Edition. Near Fine / Dust Jacket Included.
Signed by Musial in blue pen to the front free endpaper. With JSA Basic Certification (COA). Publisher's blue cloth, with gilt illustration of Musial at bat by Amadee to front board, and spine lettered in gilt; in its original white dust jacket, printed in black, blue, and yellow, with matching Amadee illustration to front panel. About fine book, with very light offsetting to endpapers, and a touch of spotting to text block edges; very good or better dust jacket, with some rubbing and faint spotting to panels, and a minor crease to front flap. Overall, a pleasing copy. Stan "The Man" Musial is the greatest St. Louis Cardinal of all-time, spending his entire 22-year career with the team (1941-1944, 1946-1963), and one of the greatest hitters in MLB history. Early in his career, he helped form a dynasty in St. Louis alongside Enos Slaughter and led the team to three World Series titles in five years (1942, 1944, 1946). Some of his career highlights include 24 All-Star game selections (tied for second all-time), 3 NL MVP awards, and 7 NL batting titles. An exceptional player from the beginning of his career to the end, he batted .330 in 1962 when he was a 41-year-old grandfather, falling just 16 points shy of the NL batting title. Summing up Musial's impact on the sport, Bob Costas said, "He didn't hit a homer in his last at-bat….He didn't hit in 56 straight games… All Musial represents is more than two decades of sustained excellence and complete decency as a human being." He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969 and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011. Bob Broeg (1918 - 2005) covered the St. Louis Cardinals for 40 years in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He was awarded the J. G. Taylor Spink Award in 1979 and was inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame in 1997. Item #BBRG003
