Word: stengel
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Sunday, even virus-ridden Joe DiMaggio came to life with his first home run-and second hit-of the Series. The Yankees slugged their way through six Dodger pitchers to a 10-to-6 victory and their twelfth World Series crown. Said Yankee Manager Casey Stengel: "We won from the bullpen. The difference in the teams was the relief pitchers...
...weak to run after a long drive, he took himself out of the game. But by that time the Yankees had built up enough of a lead. Despite a last-minute Red Sox rally, they won the game (5-3) and their 16th pennant. Said Manager Casey Stengel: "The greatest thrill of my life...
...only other time that a homer produced the one run in a World Series game was in 1923. Present Yankee manager Casey Stengel hit it while playing for the New York Giants, and it landed in almost exactly the same spot in the Yankee Stadium as Henrich...
Manager Casey Stengel of the Yanks has three trustworthy starters and the best relief pitcher in baseball: Raschi, Reynolds, and Lopat, and Page...
...American League, the New York Yankees felt more & more like the defenders of Thermopylae. After leading the league all season with the help of pitching, a lot of team courage and the wiles of Manager Casey Stengel, they were looking like warriors who were about to drop their blunted swords. They blew a seven-run lead to the inept Chicago White Sox to lose, 10-9, threw away another game to the cellar-dwelling Washington Senators, 9-8, when two Yankee infielders let an easy pop fly fall between them for a hit. This week, after losing two straight...