There was nobody like Casey before him and no one like him since. For more than 50 years, Casey Stengel lived baseball, first as a player (he was the only person in history to play for all the New York teams - the Dodgers, Giants, Yankees, and Mets) and then as a manager (for the Yankees and Mets, among others).
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Casey Stengel: Baseball's Greatest Character [Book]
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MLB Network Remembers, 10/02/2010
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The Beauty of Pattern Collage by Carl Schumann
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College student campaigns to get Roger Maris in the Hall of Fame
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McGwire Admits That He Used Steroids - The New York Times
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Mickey Mantle (7), left, and Roger Maris (9), right, couple their
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A wonderful gift from the widow of Roger Maris
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Ex-St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire admits to taking
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Babe: The Legend Comes to Life: 9780671760700: Creamer, Robert: Books
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Babe: The Legend Comes to Life
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Mark McGwire finally admits using steroids
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Making His Mark With an electrifying jolt, Mark McGwire passed the
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The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth [Book]