Casey Stengel : baseball's greatest character / Marty Appel.
By: Appel, Martin [author.].
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Doubleday, [2017]Edition: First edition.Description: x, 410 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780385540476; 0385540477.Subject(s): Stengel, Casey | Stengel, Casey | Baseball managers -- United States -- Biography | Baseball managers | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports | SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History | SPORTS & RECREATION / Coaching / Baseball | Baseball managers -- United States -- Biography | United StatesGenre/Form: Biographies. | Biography. | Biographies.Additional physical formats: Online version:: Casey Stengel.Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From the New York Times bestselling author of Munson and Pinstripe Empire , Casey Stengel is the definitive biography of baseball's greatest character.
There was nobody like Casey before him, and no one like him since. For more than fifty years, Casey Stengel lived baseball, first as a player (he was the only person in history to play for all the New York teams-the Dodgers, Giants, Yankees, and Mets), and then as a manager (for the Yankees and Mets, among others). He made his biggest mark on the game, revolutionizing the role of manager while winning an astounding ten pennants and seven World Series Championships (including FIVE STRAIGHT!) with the Yankees. Playing with and against a Who's Who of Cooperstown-Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, Ty Cobb-and forming indelible, and sometimes complicated, relationships with Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Billy Martin, Casey Stengel was, for an astonishing five decades, the undisputed, hilarious, and beloved face of baseball.
For a man who spent so much of his life in the limelight, he still remains an enigma. New York Times bestselling author Marty Appel paints an intimate portrait of a private man who was larger than life and remains the embodiment of the national pastime.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [377]-387) and index.
Mail call -- Kansas City -- Lunatic beginning -- Aurora, Illinois -- Casey of Ebbets Field -- The grapefruit from the sky -- Good player? Bad player? -- A pennant for Uncle Robbie -- The Pirates and the Phillies -- McGraw and the Giants -- World Series heroics -- Edna Lawson -- Managing in the minors -- Back to Brooklyn -- Death of Koenecke -- Oil! -- Crossing Kenmore Square -- Milwaukee and K.C. -- Oakland -- The Yankees beckon -- "I owe it to myself" -- DiMaggio and Mr. Berra -- Whitey and Billy -- The Mick -- Taking on Jackie Robinson -- Five Straight -- October off -- Elston Howard -- One last subway series -- Trading Billy Martin -- Dazzling Congress -- Third-place Yankees? -- A pebble at shortstop -- Fired! -- Summer in Glendale -- Selling the amazin' Mets -- Worst team in history -- Closing the Polo Grounds -- Shea Stadium -- A slip and a fall -- Cooperstown -- An active retirement -- Saying goodbye -- Legacy.
"A biography of the only baseball player in history to play for all the New York Teams describes how he went on to revolutionize the role of manager and won 10 pennants and seven World Series with the Yankees,"--NoveList.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. 1)
- Part 1
- 1 Mail Call (p. 5)
- 2 Kansas City (p. 10)
- 3 Lunatic Beginning (p. 22)
- 4 Aurora, Illinois (p. 27)
- 5 Casey of Ebbets Field (p. 36)
- 6 The Grapefruit from the Sky (p. 43)
- 7 Good Player? Bad Player? (p. 48)
- 8 A Pennant for Uncle Robbie (p. 50)
- 9 The Pirates and the Phillies (p. 55)
- 10 McGraw and the Giants (p. 66)
- 11 World Series Heroics (p. 71)
- 12 Edna Lawson (p. 85)
- 13 Managing in the Minors (p. 92)
- 14 Back to Brooklyn (p. 103)
- 15 Death of Koenecke (p. 107)
- 16 Oil! (p. 116)
- 17 Crossing Kenmore Square (p. 128)
- 18 Milwaukee and K.C (p. 133)
- 19 Oakland (p. 139)
- Part 2
- 20 The Yankees Beckon (p. 147)
- 21 "I Owe It to Myself" (p. 149)
- 22 DiMaggio and Mr. Berra (p. 157)
- 23 Whitey and Billy (p. 171)
- 24 The Mick (p. 179)
- 25 Taking on Jackie Robinson (p. 193)
- 26 Five Straight (p. 203)
- 27 October Off (p. 211)
- 28 Elston Howard (p. 218)
- 29 One Last Subway Series (p. 231)
- 30 Trading Billy Martin (p. 241)
- 31 Dazzling Congress (p. 255)
- 32 Third-Place Yankees? (p. 262)
- 33 A Pebble at Shortstop (p. 267)
- 34 Fired! (p. 274)
- 35 Summer in Glendale (p. 280)
- Part 3
- 36 Selling the Amazin' Mets (p. 289)
- 37 Worst Team in History (p. 301)
- 38 Closing the Polo Grounds (p. 307)
- 39 Shea Stadium (p. 313)
- 40 A Slip and a Fall (p. 319)
- Part 4
- 41 Cooperstown (p. 329)
- 42 An Active Retirement (p. 336)
- 43 Saying Goodbye (p. 348)
- 44 Legacy (p. 358)
- Appendix 1 Congressional Record, July 9, 1958 (p. 367)
- Appendix 2 Career Statistics (p. 371)
- Acknowledgments (p. 375)
- Bibliography (p. 377)
- Index (p. 389)