Thanks. Wheat and Stengel were life long friends. They grew up together in KC. When Wheat made it with the Dodgers, he told the Scout Larry Sutton that he had a buddy back home that was a good player. He got him a tryout. This piece came from Zach, and I don't know when Stengel would have signed it. Could have been at a HOF induction or event or could have been through the mail. Casey always had kind words for Zach whenever he was asked about him.
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