Word: stengel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...time the breaks went against that myth, Casey Stengel. In a White Sox game this year, Casey left in a .100 hitter, pitcher Bob Grim, to hit with a tie score and two out in the ninth because he had no pinchhitters left. Grim hit the first home run of his career, swinging blindly...
...pitcher tore around the bases, Stengel became worried. "I thought he was gonna leave second base to run out there and see if it was true," he commented...
Beating the Yankees would give Spahn, 36, a special pleasure. For beating the New Yorkers would be beating Casey Stengel-the same Casey Stengel who was managing the Boston Braves 15 years ago and was scornfully unimpressed by Spahn's talents. Now the veteran pitcher has a great deal more to show his former manager. He still has his old speedball when he needs it, but he backs it up with a variety of curves and a brand-new screwball that he calls a sinker. More important, he is still improving the impressive control that made him the first...
...Yankees, the big man, as usual, was crotchety Manager Casey Stengel. Some of his first stringers were ailing, among them slugging Centerfielder Mickey Mantle, but he had his long benchful of reserve power. Although his pitchers limped through midseason, they were back in top form. They were not the Yankees of Ruth and Gehrig, but they were heavy with power, and 8-to-5 favorites...