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...baseball fans, lazily sunning themselves in St. Petersburg, Fla. last week, it was just another exhibition game. To New York Yankee Manager Casey Stengel, artfully juggling 16 players into the lineup, it was another chance to solve his three most pressing problems: 1) a man to replace retired Centerfielder Joe DiMaggio; 2) an infielder to fill the gap when Second Baseman Gerry Coleman goes back to Marine flying duty; 3) another starting pitcher to rotate with his three proven performers, Vic Raschi (21-10), Ed Lopat (21-9), and Allie Reynolds...
...problem of beating the Boston Red Sox that day was of mere academic interest. It was solved in typical Yankee fashion: a two-run pinch double by lumbering (230 lbs.) Johnny Mize, now 39, but still able to wield a potent bat. Final score: 7-4. After the game Stengel said happily: "A hitter like John can rifle that ball even if he has to be wheeled up to the plate.* He'll win or help win some games for us in the pinch this year, same as last...
After the game, Yankee Manager Casey Stengel gave Joe a heartfelt slap on the back. "Without you," said Casey, "we couldn't have done it." But last week, packing in preparation for a barnstorming trip to Korea, DiMaggio said the words that Stengel and his teammates hated to hear: "I've made up my mind to retire...
...course the Yankees had a little luck--such as the day of rain that enabled Casey Stengel to use only his top three starters. But this is one out of Durocher's book...
...Stengel has the stuff, to be sure--an unlimited supply of pinch-hitters, pinch-runners, defensive replacements, and relief pitchers. He certainly knows how to use them