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Article: Singer Up! North Carolina songwriters sing of the swing
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- The Independent Weekly
- Article date:
- July 13, 2005
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The St. Louis Cardinals baseball club is a franchise rich in history and characters. There's Stan "The Man" Musial's perfect nickname and, these days, Albert Pujols' perfect bat. On the mound, you've got Bob Gibson and his microscopic ERA, Dizzy Dean and his quote-worthy brashness, and Steve Carlton and his wicked slider - Hall of Famers all. The gutsy, World Series-winning dash from first base executed by Roxboro's Enos "Country" Slaughter, another Card who's in the Hall, even offers some local flavor.
But when singer/songwriter/poet/ace yarn-spinner Bruce Piephoff decided to write about a Cardinal, he chose a first baseman who played in only 91 games during his four-season major league ...