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Title: Sluggers
Date: 1948-07-14
Description: Potential power in the National League lineup was represented by this quartet of sluggers. From the left, are: Johnny Mize and Walker Cooper, former Cardinals now with the New York Giants; Ralph Kiner, slugging outfielder of the Pittsburgh Pirates, and Stan Musial of the Cardinals. Mize and Kiner led both leagues in home run production last season with 51 circuit wallops and Musial currently leads both leagues in hitting with a .403 average.

Title: All-Star Game Stadium
Date: 1957-07-09, 1980-07-09
Description: The date: July 9, 1957. The place: old Busch Stadium. The event: baseball's all-star game. A crowd of 30,693 watches as Vic Wertz hits a single to drive in Mickey Mantle with the American League's first run.

Title: Winning Hit in All-Star Game
Date: 1966-07-12, 1966-07
Description: National League batter Maury Wills hits single to the right in 10th inning of All-Star game today to drive in winning run. The hit scored Tim McCarver from second. In this view from center field camera, American's pitcher is Pete Richert, catcher is Earl Battey, and umpire is Jim Honochick. Nationals won, 2-1.

Title: Winning Pitcher Bunning
Date: 1957-07-10
Description: Righthander Jim Bunning of the Detroit Tigers started the game for the American League All-Stars. Bunning held the Nationals scoreless for three innings and was relieved by Billy Loes of the Baltimore Orioles in the Fourth (sic).

Title: Mike Shannon
Date: 1964-10-08
Description: World Series heroes Mike Shannon, left, and Barney Schultz whoop it up in the Cardinal dressing room Wednesday after they led the Red Birds to a 9-5 victory over the New York Yankees. Shannon belted a king-sized two-run homer in the sixth to tie the score at 4-4 and the Red Birds went on to take the lead for the keeps. Schultz, who has been the club's bullpen ace the last two months, pitched the final three innings to perserve the victory for Ray Sadecki.

Title: Juan Marichal
Date: 1963-06-02
Description: Photograph of pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, Juan Marichal, in mid-throw during a game.

Title: The Brain Trust of the National League Team
Date: 1948-07-14
Description: The brain trust of the National League team, from left: Mel Ott, manager of the New York Giants; Manager Leo Durocher of Brooklyn, and Eddie Dyer, pilot of the St. Louis Cardinals, shook hands before the contest started, for luck. Ott and Dyer serves as coaches, assisting Durocher in yesterday's game.

Title: Congratulations, Casey
Date: 1957-07-09, 1957-07-10
Description: St. Louis Cardinal Manager Fred Hutchinson (left) went to the dressing room after the game yesterday to congratulate Casey Stengel after the American League All-Stars beat the National League, 6-5.

Title: N.L. Stars Celebrate Conquest
Date: 1966-07-13
Description: The Cardinals' Tim McCarver and Los Angeles' Maury Wills, a couple of late-inning replacements who proved to be the difference for the National League Tuesday, celebrated in the winning dressing room with manager Walter Alston following the N.L. Stars, 2-1, 10-inning victory. McCarver, who opened the tenth with a single, scored the deciding run on a dash from second on Wills' single to right.

Title: Mike Shannon
Date: 1979-07-04
Description: Mike Shannon fielding a grounder in 1969.

Title: Waiting for Tickets
Date: 1966-07-12, 1966-07-13
Description: Fans form line outside stadium Tuesday morning, waiting patiently for standing room tickets (standing room was in shade under roof). Some fans spent the night there, wanting to make sure they wouldn't miss the rare opportunity to see an All-Star game in person.

Title: Mike Shannon
Description: Mike Shannon (left) and Jack Buck in the Busch Stadium broadcasting booth. When he started behind the mike, says Jack Buck, background, "he didn't even know how to keep score."

Title: Getting to the Game
Date: 1957-07-09, 1957-07-10
Description: Crowds began forming early at Busch Stadium for yesterday's All-Star game. Block-long lines gathered early as many ticketholders hoped to watch batting practice before the game started. The game had been a sellout for weeks, but a few hundred standing room tickets were sold before the game.

Title: Batting Practice
Date: 1966-07-12
Description: Newsmen on field during batting practice at the All-Star game.

Title: National Outfield
Date: 1957-07-09, 1957-07-10
Description: The starting outfield for the National League All Stars stopped for a short talk before ehe (sic) game started. They are (from left): Frank Robinson of the Cincinnati Redlegs; Henry Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves; and Willie Mays of the New York Giants.

Title: Crowd Overflow
Date: 1948-07-14
Description: An overflow crowd of 34,009 persons saw the American League All-Star game at Sportsmans Park here yesterday. It was the eleventh victory for the junior circuit in the 15 games played to date.

Title: Hall of Fame
Date: 1957-07-10
Description: Stan Musial stops for a short talk with his old friend, Sid Keener, director of the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, N.Y., and former St. Louis newspaperman. The St. Louis Cardinal star will probably join other baseball greats in the Hall of Fame.

Title: Tim McCarver
Date: 1966-07-12, 1966-07-13
Description: A hero's welcome is received by Tim McCarver after he scores the winning run in Tuesday's All-Star game. Extending congratulations are Gaylord Perry, the pitcher credited with the victory; Willie Mays, and Manager Walt Alston.

Title: The Big Three of Baseball
Date: 1948-07-14
Description: The big three of baseball, from left: Ford Frick, president of the National League; Commissioner A.B. (Happy) Chandler and Will Harridge, president of the American League, were spectators at the game, proceeds of which went to the players pension fund.

Title: Mike Shannon
Description: Mike Shannon outhit fellow Cardinal outfielders Lou Brock and Curt Flood in 1966, his best season at the plate in a nine-year major league career. But because he loved the Cardinals, as he will tell you, and because he loves "the great game of baseball," as he does tell you almost every summer day, Mike Shannon moved from right field to third base for the 1967 season without a whimper. Come to

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