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...Casey had slowed down too much even for the Braves. They made him president and manager of their Worcester, Mass, farm club. When they refused to release him from his contract for a job with the Toledo Mud Hens, Casey, as club president, wrote his own release and moved on. After six years learning his trade as Mud Hen manager, Casey was called back to the Dodgers. His teams were resounding flops. For three straight years, the Dodgers' Daffiness Boys finished in the second division. Next year, Brooklyn paid Casey his salary but told him they could do without...
...Pennsy. If possible, the Braves under Stengel (1938-43) were even worse than the Dodgers. But Casey's managerial genius began to flower. When a long game dragged on into darkness and the umpires refused to end it, Casey suddenly found it necessary to bring in a relief pitcher. He signaled to the bullpen by flashlight. Minutes later the umpires called the game...
When he discovered that his seventh-place players were spending their spare time playing the stock market, Casey called a clubhouse meeting. Looking furtively over his shoulder, he whispered that he Was going to give them a great tip on the market. "Buy Pennsylvania Railroad stock," he hissed. Then he roared into the snapper: "Because they're going to declare a dividend when you bums start getting shipped out of here...
...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...