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On August 25, after talks with his wife and his doctor, Stengel called Mets general manager George Weiss and confirmed his retirement. On the 30th the Mets publicly made it official: The long and colorful on-field career of Casey Stengel had come to an end.13 And with it, the first phase of Mets history was over. Sources
Stengel remembers growing up in Kansas City 1/13/2012 at 10:27 AM 1/13/2012 at 10:27 AM Mets Retired Number: No. 37, Casey Stengel
Charles Dillon ("Casey") Stengel, 30 Jul 1890 - 29 Sep 1975. Exhibition Label. Casey Stengel built his reputation as one of baseball's greatest managers by guiding the New York Yankees to ten American League pennants and seven World Series championships in just twelve seasons (1949-60). But it was during his stint as the charismatic shepherd of ...
Casey Stengel had a way with words. The trouble was with the way he combined them. Stengelese became the term used to describe his vocabulary and implausible double-talk. Red Smith once likened it ...
Casey Stengel was a twentieth-century professional baseball player and manager who is best known for managing the New York Yankees to ten American League pennants and seven World Series championships from 1949 to 1960. Today he is recognized as one of baseball’s greatest managers.
Stengel went on to play outfield for 14 years with four other National League teams, retiring as a player in 1925 and working his way up the ranks as a manager in the minor leagues. Hired as a coach for the Dodgers in 1933 and made manager a year later, Stengel guided losing teams in Brooklyn and later Boston until the Yankees hired him in 1949.
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