
Jim Ruppert: Pierce gets his day in House
The State Journal-Register
“If you look at some of the guys that played when I played — Mickey Mantle, Stan Musial, Willie Mays — they probably didn't make $12 million in their careers.” Pierce played baseball in an era when position players didn't get days off and starting ...

TRI-STATE BASEBALL LEAGUE: 2012 Season Preview
Torrington Register Citizen
In addition, five teams will qualify for the AABC Stan Musial state tournament, to be held the last week of July. One Tri-State team will also qualify for the AABC regional tournament in Wallingford, beginning Aug. 2, with a chance to qualify for the ...

Mantle, Ruth, Foxx and Wilson Had at Least 50 HRs and Hit at Least .350
Bleacher Report
Joe DiMaggio, Stan Musial, Ted Williams, Alex Rodriguez and Albert Pujols never accomplished the feat. Many modern home-run hitters swing from the heels. So did Ruth, Wilson, Foxx and especially Mantle, but when they played, a strikeout was considered ...

Cubs' LaHair latest in long line of Cardinals killers
Alton Telegraph
Often, they are obscure, though many times they are as familiar to St. Louis baseball fans as Stan Musial. They are those dreaded Cardinal-killers - the guys who drill St. Louis pitching or confound Cards' hitters. And there have been plenty of them ...