Stengel: His Life and Times (Audiobook) (Repost)
Stengel: His Life and Times (Audiobook) By Robert W. Creamer, read by Peter Coleman
Unabridged edition 2014 | 12 hours and 38 mins | ISBN: n/a , ASIN: B00HWZEYD0 | MP3 64 kbps | 354 MB
Unabridged edition 2014 | 12 hours and 38 mins | ISBN: n/a , ASIN: B00HWZEYD0 | MP3 64 kbps | 354 MB
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 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 playing career fall apart as he is traded, shunted to last-place teams, hampered by injuries, considered finished - 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 with his new and inept New York Mets, the team he single-handedly lifts into the nation's consciousness. "I'm a man that's 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.