Word: casey
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...good and I know he can make that throw, and if he don't make it that other fella I got coming up has shown me a lot, and if he can't I have my guy and I know what he can do." See SPORT, Exit Casey...
...Like Casey. In Manhattan, Kennedy had another audience which, somewhat surprisingly, was not on his side. When he turned up for the annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner at the Waldorf (a politician's command performance) in black tie and found Nixon in white tie and tails, he seemed so comfortable that Nixon was moved to comment that whichever man won the election would outlaw the agony of full dress. In his speech, Kennedy produced some spirited quips. Only the host, Francis Cardinal Spellman, he said, could have brought together at the same banquet table two political leaders...
...week-and Harris was swiftly fired. At that point, to the utter astonishment of all, the Yankees made a move that seemed as though General Motors had been delivered into the hands of a Keystone Cop. As their new manager, the Yankees chose baseball's buffoon: Charles Dillon ("Casey") Stengel...
...Warmth. Casey Stengel became the most successful manager in baseball history. More than that, he gave the Yankees a warmth they had never had before. Until he signed with the Yankees, Stengel had been the funniest failure in the game. In 1910 Casey was playing the outfield in Maysville, Ky. and delighting inmates in an adjacent insane asylum by practicing his slides on the way to his position. At the time, Casey had hopes of becoming a lefthanded dentist, but soon realized he would need special equipment and, weighing the percentages, chose baseball for life. In time, Casey became...
With the Yankees, Casey still played the clown. He outraged syntax and entranced sportswriters by spieling nonstop, serpentine sentences that turned the dullest subject into quotably confused copy: "The fella I got on third is hitting pretty good, and I know he can make that throw, and if he don't make it that other fella I got coming up has shown me a lot, and if he can't I have my guy and I know what...