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Stengel: His Life and Times

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Availability:In StockContributor:Robert W. CreamerPublish date:1996-03-01Pages:349
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9780803263673ISBN-10:803263678UPC:9780803263673Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:SportsSize:8.98 x 6.03 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC9NRDQS75
One of the most endearing of American heroes, Casey Stengel guided the New York Yankees to ten pennants in twelve seasons. Here is the brilliant manager stripped naked--the person underneath all the clowning, mugging, and double-talking.

Robert Creamer shows us Casey at twenty-two, famous from his very first day in the big leagues. We see Casey's playing career fall apart as he is traded, shunted to last-place teams, hampered by injuries, considered finished--until he bats a glorious home run in the 1923 World Series. Here are Casey's managing successes and failures--dismissed by the Yankees, he returns to the limelight with his new and inept New York Mets, the team he single-handedly lifts into the nation's consciousness.

"I'm a man that's been up and down," Casey said in a serious moment. Certainly his knack for bouncing back made him a legend in our national pastime. Here are the stories and gags, the Stengelian style, the full dimensions of the man.

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9780803263673ISBN-10:803263678UPC:9780803263673Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:SportsSize:8.98 x 6.03 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC9NRDQS75
Robert W. Creamer, formerly a writer and editor for Sports Illustrated, is the author of Babe: The Legend Comes to Life. He lives in Tuckahoe, New York.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press

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