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One of the most endearing of American heroes, Casey Stengel led the New York Yankees to ten pennants in twelve seasons. Here is the brilliant supervisor stripped naked - the 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 Casey's participating in career break apart as he's traded, shunted to last-place clubs, hampered by traumas, considered completed - until he bats a glorious home run in the 1923 World Series. Here are Casey's managing successes and failures - dismissed by the Yankees, he returns to the limelight along with his new and inept NY Mets, the team he single-handedly elevates in to the nation's awareness. "I'm a man that's been up and down," Casey said in a serious second. Certainly his knack for bouncing again made him a star in our countrywide pastime. Here are the reports and gags, the Stengelian style, the full dimensions of the person.
