![]() ![]() Here comes the man again here comes the man." As Musial strode to the plate at Ebbets Field in 1946, a fan lamented, "Uh, oh. Stan Musial was accorded the nickname in Brooklyn, by a Flatbush faithful. Stan Musial had 3,630 hits during his 22-year career. Louis Cardinal who was called "The Man" - almost like it was part of his name. All Musial represents is more than two decades of sustained excellence and complete decency as a human being," says Bob Costas on ESPN's SportsCentury series.Ībout half a century before Mark McGwire became The Man, there was another prominent St. None of those easy things are there to associate with Stan Musial. He didn't play with the sheer joy and style that goes alongside Willie Mays' name. He married his high school sweetheart and stayed married to her, never married a Marilyn Monroe. "He didn't hit a homer in his last at-bat he hit a single. ![]()
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