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“Casey Stengel: Baseball’s Greatest Character” with Marty Appel

“The trick is growing up without growing old.” -Casey Stengel

As a player, Charles Dillon “Casey” Stengel’s contemporaries included Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, and Christy Mathewson… and he was the only person in history to wear the uniforms of all four New York teams: the Dodgers, Giants, Yankees, and Mets.

For more than five glorious decades, Stengel was the undisputed, quirky, hilarious, and beloved face of baseball — and along the way he revolutionized the role of manager while winning a spectacular ten pennants and seven World Series Championships.

But for a man who spent so much of his life in the limelight — an astounding fifty-five years in professional baseball — Stengel remains an enigma. Acclaimed baseball historian and bestselling author Marty Appel digs into Casey Stengel’s quirks and foibles, unearthing a tremendous trove of baseball stories, perspective, and history. Weaving in never-before-published family documents, Appel creates an intimate portrait of a private man and Hall of Famer.

Join Marty Appel for our intimate Clubhouse conversation on Thursday, April 27.  RSVP required to attend.

Autographed and personalized copies of “Casey Stengel” will be available for purchase.  The author will sign only books purchased in the Clubhouse.

Marty Appel was the youngest public relations director in baseball history when George Steinbrenner elevated him to the New York Yankees post in 1973. He worked for the team for ten seasons, beginning in 1968, and followed it by producing its games on WPIX television. He is the author of twenty-three books, including the New York Times bestselling “Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain” and “Pinstripe Empire: The New York Yankees from Before the Babe to After the Boss.”











When: Thu., Apr. 27, 2017 at 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: Bergino Baseball Clubhouse
67 E. 11th St.

Price: Free, RSVP required
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“The trick is growing up without growing old.” -Casey Stengel

As a player, Charles Dillon “Casey” Stengel’s contemporaries included Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, and Christy Mathewson… and he was the only person in history to wear the uniforms of all four New York teams: the Dodgers, Giants, Yankees, and Mets.

For more than five glorious decades, Stengel was the undisputed, quirky, hilarious, and beloved face of baseball — and along the way he revolutionized the role of manager while winning a spectacular ten pennants and seven World Series Championships.

But for a man who spent so much of his life in the limelight — an astounding fifty-five years in professional baseball — Stengel remains an enigma. Acclaimed baseball historian and bestselling author Marty Appel digs into Casey Stengel’s quirks and foibles, unearthing a tremendous trove of baseball stories, perspective, and history. Weaving in never-before-published family documents, Appel creates an intimate portrait of a private man and Hall of Famer.

Join Marty Appel for our intimate Clubhouse conversation on Thursday, April 27.  RSVP required to attend.

Autographed and personalized copies of “Casey Stengel” will be available for purchase.  The author will sign only books purchased in the Clubhouse.

Marty Appel was the youngest public relations director in baseball history when George Steinbrenner elevated him to the New York Yankees post in 1973. He worked for the team for ten seasons, beginning in 1968, and followed it by producing its games on WPIX television. He is the author of twenty-three books, including the New York Times bestselling “Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain” and “Pinstripe Empire: The New York Yankees from Before the Babe to After the Boss.”

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