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...portable TV; 4) a color TV; and 5) a traveling case. There was a sextet of visiting Dodgers who rendered a birthday stanza more or less to the tune of The Band Played On. What more could a guy want? Since it was New York Mets Manager Casey Stengel, and he is, even at his age, still a dreamer, he thought maybe the Mets could win a game. Ha! It was 5-3, favor of Los Angeles, but season's attendance did pass the million mark. With that kind of gross, maybe next year they could give...
...Kidding. Ah, but Yogi was smarter than the average bear. While he was getting yuks, Yankee pitchers were getting the sign and the team was winning pennants-ten under Casey Stengel, three straight under laconic Ralph Houk. For fun and profit, Yogi built a bowling alley in Clifton, N.J., became a vice president of something called Yoo-Hoo chocolate drink, and prospered to the point that he could claim to be "half a millionaire." Stengel liked to call him "Mr. Berra, my assistant manager," and Houk promoted him to player-coach this year. No one could figure out if they...
...other end of the standings, in ineffable New York Mets, with "Perfessor" Casey Stengel presiding, drew 922,530 shrieking, cheering, banner-waving partisans to the Polo Grounds last year. The Mets finished last by 60½ games. This year the bloom is off the sage. Big crowds still turn out when the Dodgers come to town, or the San Francisco Giants. But only 6,505 paying customers were on hand last week to see the Mets lose to the Houston Colts, 8-0-their 16th loss in 17 games. From somewhere amid the blank spots in the bleachers came...
...each turn. It was all in vain. The crowd greeted each name with a round of approval, especially heavy for such favorites as Douglas MacArthur, Cuban Exile Leader José Miró Cardona, Jonas Salk, Green Bay Packer Coach Vince Lombardi, General Omar Bradley, Judge Harold Medina and Casey Stengel. By the time Hope took over, midnight was near and introductions had to be com pressed to a simple announcement of each cover subject's name. But characteristically, Hope could not resist bringing the party back to a laughing mood. "I know it is one of these speed things...
When New York Mets Manager Casey Stengel and his wife Edna arrived, Mrs. Stengel announced: "I'm Mrs. Stengel. We're in baseball." After Theologian Tillich's speech at the Monday dinner, Casey, in his own conversational style, offered his interpretation to the guests at his table. They were bewildered...