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Author	Appel, Martin.
Title	Casey Stengel : baseball's greatest character / Marty Appel.
Publication Info.	New York : Doubleday, [2017]

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 7	92 S8251 A	IN LIBRARY

Edition	First edition.
Description	x, 410 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages [377]-387) and index.
Contents	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.
Added Title	Baseball's greatest character
ISBN	9780385540476 hardcover
	0385540477 hardcover

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