Musial, his bat always Jack-in-the-box quick, was off on his prediction. He wound up sitting atop the NL with his .351 batting average, a remarkable fifth time he surpassed the .350 plateau.

Curt Flood was an All-Star center fielder with the St. Louis Cardinals. ... Ten Hochman: Not since Cardinals' Stan Musial in ‘46 had MLB player done this (until last night) ...

Baseball great Stan Musial died over the weekend. He was 92. In September 2007, I was invited to make a speech to a civic group in St. Louis. I told the person who invited me I would come on one ...

Stan Musial, veteran St. Louis Cardinals baseball player who retired after the 1963 season, is greeted by Cedar Rapids Cardinals Manager Ron Plaza (left) at the Cedar Rapids airport Aug. 9, 1965.