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Ty Cobb, the top vote-getter among the initial inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame, said about Stan Musial:<ref>Life Magazine, 1952, quoted in https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1493164-making-a-case-for-stan-musial-as-the-greatest-hitter-in-baseball-history</ref>

Ty Cobb, the top vote-getter among the initial inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame, said about Stan Musial:<ref>Life Magazine, 1952, quoted in https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1493164-making-a-case-for-stan-musial-as-the-greatest-hitter-in-baseball-history</ref>

{{cquote|No man has ever been a perfect ballplayer. Stan Musial, however, is the closest to being perfect in the game today.... He plays as hard when his club is away out in front of a game as he does when they're just a run or two behind.}}

{{cquote|No man has ever been a perfect ballplayer. Stan Musial, however, is the closest to being perfect in the game today.... He plays as hard when his club is away out in front of a game as he does when they're just a run or two behind.}}

He would supposedly gauge the speed of the ball thrown by the pitcher in its first 30 feet, and based on his memorization of the different speeds used by that pitcher Musial could predict whether the ball was a fastball, curve or slider.  Then he could estimate how the ball would move as it approached the plate.

He would supposedly gauge the speed of the ball thrown by the pitcher in its first 30 feet, and based on his memorization of the different speeds used by that pitcher Musial could predict whether the ball was a fastball, curve or slider.  Then he could estimate how the ball would move as it approached the plate.  That might explain his phenomenal performance against star pitchers he faced repeatedly, such as [[Sandy Koufax]], while not performing as well in [[World Series]] games against unfamiliar pitchers.

A devout [[Catholic]], Musial was married for 72 years.<ref>http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20130119/SPORTS/130119692?Title=Stan-Musial-who-had-major-Daytona-Beach-connections-dead-at-92</ref>

A devout [[Catholic]], Musial was married for 72 years.<ref>http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20130119/SPORTS/130119692?Title=Stan-Musial-who-had-major-Daytona-Beach-connections-dead-at-92</ref>