Great Johnson / Stengel letter... wow.
In the back of my mind are pieces of a story about Stengel, at the end of his playing days, also being a player, manager, and general manager for a team. I think it was Toledo. He got crossways with the owner. So he figured out a plan. As Manager he'd release himself as a player, and send that in to the National office. Then, as GM he'd fire himself as Manager. Then as GM he wrote the owner a letter of resignation.
He was a unique baseball personality.
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