The Greatest Character of the Game: Casey Stengelâ€™s Baseball

April 6, 2011 by Seamheads · 2 Comments

In its longstanding relationship with baseball, New York City has been home to four Major League teams: the Yankees, Giants, Dodgers, and Mets. But the first man to wear all four uniforms and only one to do it while each team still resided in New York was Casey Stengel. Dubbed by sportswriters “The Professor” for […]

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Story of 1921 Expertly Researched and Written

July 12, 2010 by Mike Lynch · 1 Comment

1921: The Yankees, The Giants, & The Battle For Baseball Supremacy In New York by Lyle Spatz and Steve Steinberg is one of the best books I’ve read in quite some time.Â Spatz and Steinberg put a lot of time and effort into their 515-page recollection of the 1921 season and it shows.Â In fact, […]

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