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 nakedthe 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 Caseys playing career fall apart as he is traded, shunted to last-place teams, hampered by injuries, considered finisheduntil he bats a glorious home run in the 1923 World Series. Here are Caseys managing successes and failuresdismissed by the Yankees, he returns to the limelight with his new and inept New York Mets, the team he single-handedly lifts into the nations consciousness.
Im a man thats 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.
