Word: brooklyn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Brooklyn...
...pair of Brooklyn Prep stars with the Bears, Joe Paterno, quarterback, and Frank Mahoney, end, reported for today's light drill and Fred Kozak of Fall River is near peak form as a result of the work he was able to do against Western Reserve...
Cutup that he was, Casey never allowed practical joking to interfere with business. As manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Bees, he got all the mileage there was to get out of poor material...
...spring, when he was boss in Brooklyn, he told his players he didn't want any handshaking out on the field. "I don't want any talking either ... A ball game isn't a junior prom. Do you get what I mean?" One of the players didn't. "What is a junior prom?" he asked. "You don't know what a junior prom is?" thundered Casey. "A junior prom is a prom that ain't old enough to be senior prom...
...baseball, he still likes the game and the company, and his reputation with the fans as a shrewd buffoon. Said he last week: "I've done everything now-played for McGraw, managed the Toledo Mudhens, been farmed out to Kankakee by the Kansas City Blues, played for the Brooklyn Bums. This completes the cycle...