The story of this unlikely meeting between crosstown rivals-dubbed the "Streetcar Series" because so many fans took the trolley to Sportsman's Park-is told here for the first time. Louis Cardinals and their mvp, Stan Musial, one of the greatest hitters in baseball history. Adding to the drama, these misfits were facing the fabled St. An ill-assorted collection of castoffs, 4-Fs, no-accounts, farm boys, and brawlers with not much more than a few minor league games under their belts, the team was playing professional ball for only one reason: the best players had been drafted or had enlisted. Louis Browns "the most astonishing ball club ever to reach the World Series," he wasn't handing out bouquets. When the New York Times sportswriter Arthur Daley called the 1944 St.
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