Word: casey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Seven Saved. In the pitching department, Manager Casey Stengel had been getting smooth, workmanlike performances from his big four: Ed Lopat, Allie Reynolds, Vic Raschi and Tommy Byrne. Unlike other managers of pennant contenders, Stengel had not been forced to use his starting pitchers in relief to save close games. His ace in the hole for relief work was Tom Ferrick, bought from the St. Louis Browns in June. Righthander Ferrick, 35 and no great shakes with a second-division club, has become the Yankees' 1950 Joe Page. In 18 appearances on the mound for them...
...days of rain had made an "off track" certain for the 74th running of Pimlico's Preakness last week. That suited Trainer Casey Hayes fine; his Hill Prince, runner-up to Middleground in the Kentucky Derby, revels in gooey going. Middleground's trainer, canny Max Hirsch, was not so happy: "My horse is very definitely suited to a fast track. I believe he can run in sticky going, but I am not sure." With an eye on the weather, Hirsch waited until the morning of the race to have his horse shod with mud caulks...
Third period: Birdsall (Hudner), 1:26; Casey (Potter) (Y), 2:03; Horman (unassisted) (Y), 4:46; Potter (Herman...
This year he had two hits in ten at bats for the Yanks, and with tomorrow the deadline for getting down to a 25-player roster, Manager Casey Stengel obtained waivers on the Big Cat. Today he picks up a minor league career which ceased over 15 years ago. He will play for Kansas City, the Yanks' American Association (Class AAA) farm club. The Yankees, short of first basemen, have kept him on 24-hour recall...
Despite these good intentions, Casey Jones's highballing immortality seemed secure...