Reading Marty Appel's biography of Stengel brought me back to the times I spent listening to Casey, a master storyteller.

Casey Stengel, right, played in the majors for 14 years and managed for another 25. (Marty Lederhandler/AP) Casey Stengel, who died in 1975 at the age of 85, had a long career in baseball as a ...

Stengel said Wes Westrum, the man he designated interim manager when Casey broke his hip little more than a month ago, will manage for the remainder of the season. Beyond that, Casey doesn’t say ...

Buried deep in the epic futility, Casey Stengel’s riotous one-liners and the feel-good rebirth of National League baseball in New York in 1962, there are lessons for today’s Mets, or at least ...

Casey Stengel finds success with Yankees. Nicknamed “The Ol’ Perfessor,” Stengel turned his managerial career around upon being hired by the New York Yankees ahead of the 1949 season.

This is the way old Casey Stengel ran running his home run home to a Giant victory by a score of 5 to 4 in the first game of the World’s Series of 1923. This is the way old Casey Stengel ran ...