FP Series #829 - Stan Musial Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 2/20/2015
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Eight Hundred TwentyNineth in the Famous People (FP) Series - Stan Musial


Stanley Frank Musial (November 21, 1920 – January 19, 2013), nicknamed "Stan the Man", was an American outfielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball who spent his entire career from 1941 to 1963 with the St. Louis Cardinals, interrupted by a year of service in the United States Navy during World War II.

It was during the 1946 season that Musial acquired his nickname of "The Man". During the game against the Dodgers at Ebbets Field, St. Louis Post-Dispatch sportswriter Bob Broeg heard Dodger fans chanting whenever Musial came to bat, but could not understand the words. Later that day over dinner, Broeg asked Cardinals traveling secretary Leo Ward if he had understood what the Dodger fans had been chanting.

Ward said, "Every time Stan came up they chanted, 'Here comes the man!'"
"'That man,' you mean", Broeg said.
"No, the man", replied Ward.

Broeg mentioned this story in his Post-Dispatch column, and Musial was thereafter known as Stan "The Man".

Musial was noted for his harmonica playing, including his rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game". Through the 1990s, he frequently played the harmonica at public gatherings, such as the annual Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony and various charity events. He performed on the television show Hee Haw and in 1994 recorded 18 songs that were sold in tandem with a harmonica-playing instruction booklet.

Musial met Lillian Susan Labash in Donora when both were 15, and married her in St. Paul's Catholic Church in Daytona Beach, Florida on May 25, 1940. They had four children: son Richard, and daughters Gerry, Janet, and Jeanie. Lillian Musial died at 91, on May 3, 2012; their marriage had lasted for almost 72 years.

Parking lot for Stan's Blue Note and Cafe Brazil. At times, this lot may be crowded. At other times, it may be empty. How's that for some valuable info. Cache is a nano, placed in conjunction with the drives/TeamOxford annual breakfast event Lazy Days of Winter.



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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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