Bibliograph

Casey Stengel, baseball's greatest character, Marty Appel

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Casey Stengel, baseball's greatest character, Marty Appel

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-387) and index

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individual biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Casey Stengel

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

951915769

Responsibility statement

Marty Appel

Sub title

baseball's greatest character

Summary

Stengel was the only person in baseball to wear the uniforms of all four New York teams: the Dodgers, Giants, Yankees, and Mets. He started as a player in 1912, and became a manager in 1934. Appel describes how Stengel revolutionized the role of manager and won 10 pennants and seven World Series with the Yankees. He digs into the quirks and foibles of the private man who was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966, one year after his retirement

Table Of Contents

Mail call -- Kansas City -- Lunatic beginning -- Aurora, Illinois -- Casey of Ebbets Field -- The grapefruit from the sky -- Good player? Bad player? -- A pennant for Uncle Robbie -- The Pirates and the Phillies -- McGraw and the Giants -- World Series heroics -- Edna Lawson -- Managing in the minors -- Back to Brooklyn -- Death of Koenecke -- Oil! -- Crossing Kenmore Square -- Milwaukee and K.C. -- Oakland -- The Yankees beckon -- "I owe it to myself" -- DiMaggio and Mr. Berra -- Whitey and Billy -- The Mick -- Taking on Jackie Robinson -- Five Straight -- October off -- Elston Howard -- One last subway series -- Trading Billy Martin -- Dazzling Congress -- Third-place Yankees? -- A pebble at shortstop -- Fired! -- Summer in Glendale -- Selling the amazin' Mets -- Worst team in history -- Closing the Polo Grounds -- Shea Stadium -- A slip and a fall -- Cooperstown -- An active retirement -- Saying goodbye -- Legacy

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