STAN MUSIAL: ""The Man's"" own story as told to Bob Broeg

by ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 17, 1964

When Stan Musial shot from Class D to the Cardinals in one swift year, he had no idea how long his career might last. This is as much the history of an era in baseball as it is the biography of one man. It saw the establishment of the farm system, the breaking of the color barrier, the creation of the players' pension fund, and all while Stan Musial wore the ""Big ."" Youngsters who can't remember back to those days will still appreciate the Ten Tips on Hitting and the list of records at the back. Broeg, who covered the sports desk for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch can doubtless be credited with the actual composition of the text. Down to the last chapter, he has found enough adjectives and expression to go around. (Twenty-two seasons of baseball could have been the most boringly repetitious book of a lifetime.) Amazingly, for all that it does tell about the actual games played, this one is as fresh and lively as Preacher Roe's famous spitball.

Pub Date: April 17, 1964

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1964

Categories: NONFICTION