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(AP) --  Getting Stan Musial on the list of honorees for
the Presidential Medal Freedom was a season-long effort by the St.
Louis Cardinals.

 The team began a "Stand for Stan" campaign in May, aiming to
inspire President Barack Obama to honor the Cardinals Hall of Famer
who will be 90 next week. The team used social media sites such as
Twitter and Facebook and started a website to get fans involved.

 The team also distributed cardboard Musial cutouts to fans,
depicting a cartoonish slugger wearing a big grin and brandishing a
self-autographed bat.

 Musial got a congratulatory call Wednesday from baseball
commissioner Bud Selig. U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill said Musial
was the "greatest Cardinal ever."

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