Casey Stengel
is IN This green and white laminated
fiberboard sign hung on Casey Stengel's office
door during his tenure as the manager of the New
York Yankees (1949-1960). During Stengel's reign,
the Yankees won 10 American League pennants and
seven World Series Championships. Can you imagine
the sets of eyes that looked at this plaque before
they set foot into Stengel's office? Probably
a rookie named Mickey Mantle, in 1951, when Stengel
had to tell his prized pupil that he was being
sent down to the minors after a poor start to
his career. During the 1950s, when Yankee domination
was the rule, how poetic is the open-ended, right
side of this plaque? The Yankees, with Mickey
and Yogi, Whitey and Casey, never thought the
winning would end.
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