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...Somebody Help Me!" By 1912, gags and all, Stengel had made it to the majors. He stayed on as a cocky, combative outfielder for Uncle Wilbert Robinson's Dodgers. He was still overburdened with brash Middle Western corn. He carried his home-town manners around with him, and his teammates quickly tagged him "K.C." The nickname stuck...
Paths of Glory. Briefly, Stengel stayed with Pittsburgh and the Phillies. Then he came to the Giants. He won two games of the 1923 World Series for them with two home runs, but after that he was too old (33) to hang on. He was promptly traded to Boston. Undaunted, he quipped: "The paths of glory lead but to the Braves...
...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...
...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...
There is no doubt that the Dodgers remember that fella [Stengel...