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Casey Stengel : baseball greatest character  Cover Image Book Book

Casey Stengel : baseball greatest character / Marty Appel.

Appel, Martin, (author.).

Summary:

"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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385540476
  • Physical Description: x, 410 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York ; Doubleday, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-387) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: Stengel, Casey.
Baseball managers > United States > Biography.
Genre: Biographies.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Livingston County.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Livingston County Library - Main Library. (Show preferred library)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Livingston County Library - Main Library 796.357 Appel (Text) 2601811137 Adult Non-Fiction Available -

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