"For a man who spent so much of his life in the limelight--an astounding fifty-five years in professional baseball--Stengel remains an enigma ... Marty Appel digs into Casey Stengel's quirks and foibles, unearthing a ... trove of baseball stories, perspective, and history"--Amazon.com.
He don't smoke , he don't drink , he don't chase women , and he don't win . ” Of first baseman Bill Skowron , having similar trouble : “ The way he's going I'd be better off if he was hurt . ” Watching the smooth - swinging Jerry Lumpe ...
A biography of the personal and professional life of Charles Dillon Stengel following his career through minor and major league play and his forty years as a team manager.
Legendary baseball manager Casey Stengel worked with such greats as Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle; he led the New York Yankees to a record-breaking TEN pennants and SEVEN World Series in twelve years; he invented “platooning,” a way to ...
Casey Stengel: A Biography
Casey Stengel was one of baseball's most beloved and comical characters, known for his myriad of witticisms comprising a languese all his own.
Baseball s greatest manager through his early struggles and big break
Branch Rickey, Casey Stengel, and the Daring Scheme to Save Baseball from Itself Michael Shapiro ... Through it all, the game rumbles along, not because of the men who run it but because of the singular mystery and majesty of the game ...
A biography of the colorful first manager of the New York Mets recounts his years as a player and a not always successful manager, and tells why he was better known as a personality than for his considerable baseball skills Known to many ...
ballplayer and manager extraordinary. Drawing on his exclusive access to many of Casey's childhood and sports friends, Maury Allen re-creates Stengel's fantastic career with lively humor and warm affection.
Presents a narrative history of the Yankees from the team's beginnings in 1903 through 2011 that profiles its owners, players, and twenty-seven championships.