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"For a man who spent so much of his life in the limelight--an astounding fifty-five years in professional baseball--Stengel remains an enigma ... Marty Appel digs into Casey Stengel's quirks and foibles, unearthing a ... trove of baseball stories, perspective, and history"--Amazon.com.
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Fifty years ago, as baseball faced crises on and off the field, two larger-than-life figures took center stage, each on a quest to reinvent the national pastime
In the late 1950s, baseball was under siege. Up-and-coming cities that wanted teams of their own were being rebuffed by the owners, and in response Congress was threatening to revoke the sport's antitrust exemption. These problems were magnified by what was happening on the field, as the...
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