OL' CASE, BASEBALL'S ONE-MAN WPA

In his 10 yearsas manager of the New York Yankees, Casey Stengel has wrought many strange andwonderful things, including the unparalleled feat of winning nine pennants in10 years and capturing five world championships in a row. Not so widelyheralded, however, has been his work in creating job opportunities. Casey hasbeen so tellingly proficient that he has caused more changes in his jobcategory than the collective bleacherites in the game's history. He has been aone-man WPA for men with managerial ambitions. No club in the American League,except, of course, the Yankees, has had less than four managers in Casey's 10years, and five have had five. That's 33 jobs in all, and 26 men have takenturns filling them. Of these, only Al Lopez finished ahead of Casey, and it isnot surprising, therefore, that 19 of the 26 no longer manage in the AmericanLeague. For your own analysis, here is a chart of the 10 races of Casey.

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 	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
'49	STENGEL NY, won 97 game First pennant!	McCARTHY Bos, 1 behind One measly game.	BOUDREAU Clev, 8 behind Can't win 'em all.	ROLFE Det, 10 behind 4th place hurts.	MACK Phll, 16 behind 5th place is great!	ONSLOW Chi, 34 behind 6th is awful.	TAYLOR StL, 44 behind We're used to it.	KUHEL Wash, 47 behind Just leave me alone.
'50	STENGEL NY, won 98 games Well, that's two.	ROLFE Det, 3 behind So near, so far.	McCARTHY, O'NEILL Bos, 4 behind You smile, Steve.	BOUDREAU Clev, 6 behind Fired? Me?	HARRIS Wash, 31 behind I won with the Yanks.	ONSLOW, CORRIDEN Chi, 38 behind It's still awful.	TAYLOR StL, 40 behind Boy! 7th again!	MACK Phll, 46 behind A pleasure to retire.
'51	STENGEL NY, won 98 games Just routine.	LOPEZ Clev, 5 behind Brand-new and eager.	O'NEILL Bos, 11 behind Smile, he said.	RICHARDS Chi, 17 behind Gee, the majors!	ROLFE Det, 25 behind Yeah, the majors.	DYKES Phll, 28 behind Ah, back in command.	HARRIS Wash, 36 behind You quitting, Zack?	TAYLOR StL, 46 behind Bye to all this.
'52	STENGEL NY, won 95 games Really, it's nothing.	LOPEZ Clev, 2 behind Nothing, huh?	RICHARDS Chi, 14 behind I'll figure it out.	DYKES Phll, 16 behind Intrepid Jim is 4th.	HARRIS Wash, 17 behind I won with the Yanks.	BOUDREAU Bos, 19 behind Well, a new team.	HORNSBY, MARION StL, 31 behind That's 8th, Marty.	ROLFE, HUTCHINSON Det, 45 behind And we're in it.
'53	STENGEL NY, won 99 games Poor Al.	LOPEZ Clev, 8½ behind How do you beat him?	RICHARDS Chi, 11½ behind Don't look at me.	BOUDREAU Bos, 16 behind And up to 4th!	HARRIS Wash, 23½ behind Still 5th.	HUTCHINSON Det, 40½ behind We're coming up.	DYKES Phil, 4½ behind Trepid Jim is 7th.	MARION StL, 46½ behind What'd I do wrong?
'54	LOPEZ Clev, won 111 games That's how.	STENGEL NY, 8 behind Poor Case.	RICHARDS, MARION Chi, 17 behind Lopez beat him!	BOUDREAU Bos, 42 behind Who cares?	HUTCHINSON Det, 43 behind Do better, get fired.	HARRIS Wash, 45 behind Do worse, get hired.	DYKES Balt, 57 behind Ah, shut up.	JOOST Phll, 60 behind Where'd everybody go?
'55	STENGEL NY, won 96 games Beat me, will you?	LOPEZ Clev, 3 behind Well, it was fun.	MARION Chi, 5 behind Lots of fun.	HIGGINS Bos, 12 behind Yeah, fun.	HARRIS Det, 17 behind Back in 5th again.	BOUDREAU KC, 33 behind Got me a new team!	RICHARDS Balt, 39 behind So have I.	DRESSEN Wash, 43 behind And me.
'56	STENGEL NY, won 97 games This is a pleasure.	LOPEZ Clev, 9 behind Pleasure, hell.	MARION Chi, 12 behind Wasn't much fun.	HIGGINS Bos, 13 behind Fun? What's fun?	HARRIS Det, 15 behind I won with the Yanks.	RICHARDS Bait, 28 behind What a team this is.	DRESSEN Wash, 38 behind Well, we got to 7th.	BOUDREAU KC, 45 behind We got to 8th.
'57	STENGEL NY, won 98 games Dum-dee-dum-dee-dum.	LOPEZ Chi, 8 behind Sure.	HIGGINS Bos, 16 behind Keeps getting harder.	TIGHE Det, 20 behind We're going up!	RICHARDS Balt, 21 behind Don't be too sure.	FARRELL Clev, 21½ behind I'm still numb.	BOUDREAU, CRAFT KC, 38½ behind It hurts, Harry.	DRESSEN, LAVAGETTO Wash, 43 behind Smile now, Cookie.
'58	STENGEL NY, won 92 games Stop chasing me.	LOPEZ Chi, 10 behind I never quit, Case.	HIGGINS Bos, 13 behind I'm feeling low.	BRAGAN, GORDON Clev, 14½ behind It's yours, Gordon.	TIGHE, NORMAN Det, 15 behind Don't look up, Bill.	RICHARDS Balt, 17½ behind Back near the bottom.	CRAFT KC, 19 behind I see what Lou meant.	LAVAGETTO Wash, 31 behind Charlie warned me.

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