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It needs to be said, over and over again, that Stan the Man was voted by 'The Sporting News' as the best baseball player of the postwar decade, from 1946 through 1955.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Again Baseball Baseball Player Best Decade Man Needs News Over Player Postwar Said Stan Through Voted

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When I was working on the unauthorized biography 'Stan Musial: An American Life,' which came out in 2011, old opponents recalled how Musial knew their names after they had been in the majors only a few days.

~George Vecsey

Topics: After American American Life Been Biography Came Days Few Had How Knew Life Majors Names Old Only Opponents Out Recalled Stan Which Working

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Some people insist that hallowed professional teams should never change their nicknames.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Change Hallowed Insist Never Nicknames People Professional Should Some Some People Teams

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Night tennis began at the United States Open in 1975 with certain stars trying to beg out and certain patrons trying to dump unwanted tickets on scalpers.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Beg Began Certain Dump Night Open Out Stars States Tennis Tickets Trying United United States Unwanted

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Under a pulsating full moon, the gussied-up Billie Jean King National Tennis Center seems much softer and prettier at night, with the fountains bubbling and fans without tickets to the big stadium sitting in the plaza and watching a big screen.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Big Big Screen Center Fans Full Full Moon Jean King Moon Much National Night Prettier Screen Seems Sitting Softer Stadium Tennis Tickets Watching Without

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When the Mets were on their run in the 1980s, Gary Carter was often seen hugging somebody. It was easy to joke about that. The best hug of all was with Jesse Orosco at the end of the 1986 World Series.

~George Vecsey

Topics: About Best Carter Easy End Gary Hug Hugging Joke Mets Often Run Seen Series Somebody Were World World Series 1980S

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In New York, Kid Carter was pure vanilla for a city with stronger tastes.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Carter City Kid New New York Pure Stronger Tastes Vanilla York

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Some religious guys in sports give the impression, 'I've got something you don't have.'

~George Vecsey

Topics: Give Got Guys Impression Religious Some Something Sports You

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In the late '60s, Senator Charles E. Goodell, Republican of New York, spoke out against the Vietnam War, bringing on the wrath of the Nixon administration and, as it turned out, the disaffection of conservative voters.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Administration Against Bringing Charles Conservative Late New New York Nixon Out Republican Senator Spoke Turned Vietnam Vietnam War Voters War Wrath York

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Some great players, like Ted Williams and Stan Musial, had one more great hitting season left around the age of 40.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Age Around Great Had Hitting Left Like More Players Season Some Stan Ted Williams

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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