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Stan Musial and Joe Garagiola Were Teammates and Friends, But Did You Know That…

George Curcio shares with us some interesting information about the friendship between two well-known teammates from the Cardinals' 1946 World Series championship season, Stan Musial and Joe Garagiola. The story has, to put it mildly, a rather unexpected ending...

Posted on: January 3, 2024
By: Gary Livacari
With: 10 Comments

Stan Musial Named 1948 MVP!

Seventy-five years ago, December 2, 1948, Stan Musial was named the National League MVP. "Stan the Man" led the league in hitting with a .376 batting average and 131 RBIs, but just missed the Triple Crown by one home run. So let's take a moment to pay tribute to the memory of one of the true greats in baseball history...

Posted on: December 3, 2023
By: Gary Livacari
With: 11 Comments

How Times have Changed! Stan Musial Insists the Cardinals Cut His Salary From $100,000 to $80,000!

Here's one I could categorize a couple different ways. It could go into "It'll Never Happen Again," category or even the "My, How the Game Has Changed!"...

Posted on: January 22, 2023
By: Gary Livacari
With: 12 Comments

Stan Musial Strikes Out Three Times!

Here’s something to really think about. It should wake up anyone who doesn’t think the game has changed drastically over the years…

Posted on: July 30, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 7 Comments

STAN MUSIAL: THE BEGINNING-THE CRISES- THE THIRD MVP

“Whaddya say, whaddya say!” was Stan Musial’s standard, smiling greeting...

Posted on: March 9, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 5 Comments

Stan Musial’s 1951 Salary Increase Blocked by Government

As we bid the year 2020 Adieu (and good riddance), we probably will look back on this year from a historical baseball perspective and marvel at all the changes that occurred this past season.

Posted on: January 2, 2021
By: Gary Livacari
With: 2 Comments

We’re Contacted by a Donora, PA Neighbor of Stan Musial!

Exactly one year ago, I wrote a post about Stan Musial and his great career. It turned out that one of our Old-Time Baseball Photos readers, Don Ostapowicz, read the posts and mentioned to me that his family had been neighbors of the Musial's in Donora, Pennsylvania...

Posted on: July 29, 2019
By: Gary Livacari
With: 0 Comments

Stan Musial Strikes Out Three Times!

Here’s something to really think about. It should wake up anyone who doesn’t think the game has changed drastically over the years…

Posted on: July 28, 2019
By: Gary Livacari
With: 2 Comments

Stan Musial Named 1948 MVP!

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Posted on: December 2, 2018
By: Gary Livacari
With: 2 Comments

We’re Contacted by a Donora, PA Neighbor of Stan Musial!

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Posted on: July 29, 2018
By: Gary Livacari
With: 3 Comments

An Amazing Stat from the Hall-of-Fame Career of the Great Stan Musial!

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Posted on: July 28, 2018
By: Gary Livacari
With: 2 Comments

Happy Birthday to the Great Stan “The Man” Musial!

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Posted on: November 21, 2016
By: Gary Livacari
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1966 Hall-of-Fame Game!

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Posted on: September 14, 2016
By: Gary Livacari
With: 1 Comment

The Day Stan Musial Became a Granddad! September 10, 1963

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Posted on: September 11, 2016
By: Gary Livacari
With: 1 Comment

Shibe Park, Philadelphia, PA, May 21,1946 – Musial up at bat in 4-3 loss to Phillies

The great Stan Musial, colorized by the great Don Stokes, gets hold of one in a 4-3 loss to the…

Posted on: June 10, 2016
By: Ron Bolton
With: 1 Comment

1959 All-Star Game #2

1959 All-Star Game #2 About 10 days ago I posted a photo from the first of the two 1959 All-Star…

Posted on: June 3, 2016
By: Gary Livacari
With: 0 Comments

1959 All-Star Game Forbes Field

Thanks again to David Russell for sharing with us this great photo. It’s from the 1959 All-Star game (Ist game)…

Posted on: May 25, 2016
By: Gary Livacari
With: 0 Comments

Busch Stadium, St Louis, MO, September, 17, 1963 – Koufax and Musial square off

As the great Stan Musial's career is coming to a close with less than two weeks left, he faces off…

Posted on: March 1, 2016
By: Ron Bolton
With: 1 Comment

Greatest Individual Seasons of All-Time Stan “The Man” Musial, 1948

Another Chapter in the Series: Greatest Individual Seasons of All-Time Stan "The Man" Musial, 1948 "Stan Musial is a…

Posted on: January 22, 2016
By: Gary Livacari
With: 4 Comments