Home > Back to Search Results >
Casey Stengel fired by Yankees...
Casey Stengel fired by Yankees...
Item # 565602
October 19, 1960
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, October 19, 1960
* Manager Casey Stengel fired
* New York Yankees
* MLB baseball
This 40 page newspaper has a headline above the masthead on the front page: "Yanks Fire 'Too Old' Stengel" with small photo of Stengel. Two library stamps hinder the headline somewhat.
Page 33 has various headlines that include: "Mighty Casey Strikes Out" and more with six related photos. (see)
Tells of the New York Yankees firing manager Casey Stengel because they thought he was way passed his prime.
Other news of the day throughout. Some small binding holes along the spine, otherwise in good condition.
wikipedia notes: Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel (July 30, 1890 – September 29, 1975), nicknamed "The Old Professor", was an American major league baseball player and manager from 1912 until 1965. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966.
Stengel was born in Kansas City, and was originally nicknamed "Dutch", a common nickname at that time for Americans of German ancestry. After his major league career started, he acquired the nickname "Casey", which originally came from the initials of his hometown ("K. C."), which evolved into "Casey", influenced by the wide popularity of the poem Casey at the Bat. In the 1950s, sportswriters dubbed him with yet another nickname, "The Old Professor", for his sharp wit and his ability to talk at length on anything baseball-related.
Although his baseball career spanned a number of teams and cities, he is primarily associated with clubs in New York City. Between playing and managing, he was connected with all four of New York's major league clubs. He was the first of four men (through the 2007 season) to manage both the Yankees and the Mets. (Yogi Berra, Dallas Green, and Joe Torre are the others. Like Torre, he also managed the Braves and the Dodgers.) He ended his baseball career as the beloved manager for the expansion New York Mets, which won over the hearts of New York due to their "lovable loser" image and the unique character of their veteran leader.
Category: The 20th Century
Add to Cart
