Legendary baseball manager Casey Stengel worked with such greats as Joe
DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle; he led the New York Yankees to a
record-breaking TEN pennants and SEVEN World Series in twelve years; he
invented "platooning," a way to use players that revolutionized the
game; he was a prankster who became famous for sayings like "Everybody
line up alphabetically according to your height."
The brains behind any baseball team is its manager . . . and here's a
picture-book biography about the best, most beloved and entertaining
manager in history!
A first-rate picture book for baseball fans. --Booklist, Starred