Mileur pens book on 1942 St. Louis Cardinals
A new book by Jerome Mileur, professor emeritus of Political Science, chronicles the legendary 1942 pennant drive by the St. Louis Cardinals.
In “High-Flying Birds,” Mileur, the former owner of a minor league baseball club in the Eastern League, recounts the epic season when the Cardinals posted 106 victories and won 43 of their last 51 games to clinch first place on the last day of the season. Built on good pitching and tremendous speed, the team included rookie Stan Musial, Enos Slaughter and pitcher Mort Cooper, who was named the National League’s Most Valuable Player.
At the time, Mileur was just a kid from downstate Illinois, but he well remembers his view of one game from the left-field grandstand and the thrill of attending the second game of the World Series. In the book, he provides a game-by-game account of the season that culminated with the Cards wining four of five games against the Yankees in the World Series.
Mileur owned a Double A baseball club in Holyoke, Nashua, N.H., and Harrisburg, Pa. beteewn 1982 and 1995. He is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research.
“High-Flying Birds” is published by the University of Missouri Press and is available for $34.95.
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University of Missouri Press
March 3, 2009.
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