Word: casey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Wouldn't Dare." But it was Casey who was shipped out. In 1944 he was back in the minors, managing Milwaukee to an American Association pennant. In 1946 he moved to Oakland and the Pacific Coast League. Back in New York, meanwhile, the New York Yankees were looking for someone to take over from their aging manager, Joe McCarthy. "I know the man," said George Weiss, then Yankee farm system manager. "Get Casey Stengel...
Maybe They Remember. By now, George Weiss is not alone in realizing that Casey is a good deal more than a clown...
This week, when Casey sends his team out after his sixth world championship, he knows it will not be easy. "Those fellas," says he, "they want to beat us. They never have. But I don't think their pitching is any better than ours. We beat their big fella [Don Newcombe] twice in the 1949 series. The first game it was 1-0 and Tommy Henrich hits one out of the park in the ninth inning. But that's what you need and I had DiMaggio and Keller and where do you find outfielders like that...
...Casey, everyone is a fella; the listener supplies names at his own risk...
OUTSMARTING the American League was a snap compared to the job Casey Stengel faces when he takes on the Dodgers. The Yanks are old pros who know the game too well to play it by the book. Casey's spectacular hunches will have them shooting for a big inning at the first break. Batters expected to sacrifice are likely to bluff a bunt to muss up the infield and then hit away; runners will gamble and go for extra bases. Infield and outfield alike are capable of making the game-saving catch, the impossible double play that rescues...