Baseball: Attaboy, Gramps!

A lot of ballplayers have their grandparents rooting for them. It will not be long before Stanley Frank Musial can spot his grandchildren in the stands. At 42, the St. Louis Cardinal outfielder is the oldest active player in the major leagues; he has a 23-year-old son (who plans a career in business or the Army instead of baseball) and a daughter-in-law who is expecting a baby in August. But Stan the Man is not quite ready for the rocking chair. Under the lights in St. Louis last week, Musial abruptly uncoiled from his corkscrew stance,...

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