The Gospel According to Casey: Casey Stengel's Inimitable, Instructional, Historical Baseball Book

by Ira Berkow, Jim Kaplan

A baseball manager for over 30 years, Stengel is best known for his convoluted, yet insightful, comments about players and the game. Here, for the first time, is the collected wisdom of Stengel and reflections from his former players--all in one of the most accessible treatises ever written on baseball. Over 30 rare photographs.

Genres: Baseball, Sports

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Ira Berkow was a sports columnist and feature writer for THE NEW YORK TIMES for more than 25 years. He won the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting and was a finalist for the Pulitzer for commentary. He is the author of numerous books, including THE CORPORAL WAS A PITCHER, ROCKIN' STEADY, and SUMMERS IN THE BRONX, the bestsellers MAXWELL STREET: SURVIVAL IN A BAZAAR and RED: A BIOGRAPHY OF RED SMITH, as well as two memoirs, FULL SWING and TO THE HOOP. He was the coauthor and editor of HANK GREENBERG: THE STORY OF MY LIFE, which was a primary source for the award-winning documentary The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg. He lives in New York City.

Reviews

[Lance · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very entertaining book on Casey Stengel and his thoughts and strategy on the game of baseball. Full review can be found here:

http://sportsbookguy.blogspot.com/201...

[Joe L. Beck · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superb

A great inside look at the personality of Casey and His knowledge of baseball. I love his his analysis and famous quotes. He had a language all.his own.

[Ronald · Rating 3 out of 5]

read SOMETIME in 2002