Word: casey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...will take care of itself." Faith in an Old Habit. Brooklyn will need its power. In the American League, the Yankees have made the same kind of runaway; this week, by beating second-place Cleveland two in a row, they clinched the pennant with a 13-game lead. Manager Casey Stengel has a cool, battle-hardened pitching staff to throw at the Dodgers: Whitey Ford (17-5), Eddie Lopat (15-3), Vic Raschi (12-5), onetime National Leaguer Johnny Sain (14-6). Backing them up is the greatest money pitcher in either league: Allie Reynolds, who at 34 can still...
...brother-in-law, Aristotle Socrates Onassis, the Greek capitalist who bought the gambling casino at Monte Carlo and operates some 80 ships around the world (TIME, Jan. 19). Onassis has had six tankers, five Victory ships and one Liberty taken over. The group of corporations that ex-Congressman Joe Casey and Newbold Morris helped set up, and that touched off a congressional investigation of all the sales (TIME, March 3, 1952 et seq.) have had five ships seized...
...York he had sneezed -and his belt burst. He bought a new one, 40 waist. 'Used to be 48 chest, 38 waist,' he said. He bought a pistol: 'Good around camp for small game, friends and intruders.' . . . [Restaurateur] Toots Shor told of Hemingway and Hugh Casey, the late Dodger pitcher, trading blows while standing in an open doorway in Havana. A knockdown every punch. Papa won. He never even lost a tooth. 'Spitting teeth is for suckers,' he said ... He hailed a cab. 'Sutton Place South,' he told the driver, then spoke...
...Mighty Casey...
...goes according to plan?Mutt's plan, Casey's plan, Mickey's own plan?Centerfielder Mantle should have a good dozen years ahead of him in the big leagues. The big numeral 7 on Mantle's back should take its place in Yankee legend with the 5 that Joe DiMaggio wore, the 4 that Lou Gehrig wore, and the 3 that Babe Ruth wore (a number now officially retired by the Yankees). That would mean years of recurring headaches for American League pitchers, years of merrily clicking turnstiles for Yank:ee Stadium...