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Originally Posted by Kawika
Michael-
One of my favorite Casey Stengel quotes:
"Nobody knows this yet, but one of us has just been traded to Kansas City." - to outfielder Bob Cerv
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Great Quote from Casey. I found another article about the trades handed down to me from my Brother in Laws. Boy they were paranoid of those dealings.
Also:
"Bravo! One of the highlights of my life was seeing Mickey Mantle knock one over Charley Finley's 40-foot high chain llnk fence in right field onto Brooklyn Avenue. A mule in left field, sheep grazing on the hill in right, a secondhand scoreboard from Braves Field in Boston and a mechanical rabbit delivering new baseballs to the umpires...to a kid like me, it was Disneyland and I loved every minute of it."
Great memories Rick! I never made it to a game at Municipal but old Charley sure knew how to spruce up a game. I also found this KC Paper in my stash from the first KC A's game in 1955. Sorry, could not fit the entire page in my scanner.