Talk:Casey Stengel

message: It's not clear to me whether Stengel was born in 1890 or 1891.  I changed the birth year category to be consistent with the birth date given in the article.  Later checking of multiple sources detrmined an 1889 birth year.
:You need to give those sources.  Otherwise the reliable ones already in place take precedence.  —Wknight94 (talk) 17:43, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Birth

message: There's nothing wrong with this article. I don't know, at this point, who is responsible for it, but it reads just fine. It's interesting and informative.  —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.209.90.221 (talk)  
I do not feel that the quote section is appropriate.   I am going to pull the content out.  I would ask that if you want to include some of those quotes in the body of the article, that would be more than appropriate.  Just make sure you add them with an inline reference. // Tecmobowl 21:34, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If you want to include some of the quotes, i have no problem with that.  You can do so by incorporating them into the article in appropriate places.  A simple list of quotes, especially one the length you are suggesting, is inappropriate. To further assist you, if you want to do the list, put it here // Tecmobowl 00:11, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quotes 

message: This article is in very poor condition.  It needs to be ripped apart and completely redone.  I pulled out the laundry list of quotes and moved them to wikiquote. It is not that i don't believe they have some merit, however, they were the meat of the article.  Wikiquote is around for that specific reason.  In the meantime, help would be appreciated. // Tecmobowl 07:47, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *Tecmo Banned Indefinitely.  FYI--Tecmo has been banned indefinitely for repeated violations of Wiki policy.--Epeefleche 01:30, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Clean-up 

message: In Stengel's career as Mets manager, I see "Referring to the rookies Ed Kranepool and Greg Goossen in 1965".  Kranepool should no longer have been a rookie in 1965; he originally came up in 1962.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.82 (talk) 18:24, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kranepool not a rookie in 1965 

message: The article says it was misquoted and implies that one is grammatical and the other is not. However, it looks like some lazy editor thought he or she was fixing a grammatical error and changed the errant sentence and they now both read the same. I began to drudge through the page history, but lost interest, does anybody know what he actually said, "Can't anybody/nobody play this game?", and what was the misquoting? JesseRafe 03:57, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, thank you. I thought his original was saying the double negative "can't nobody" instead of the "anybody". Especially the fact that this was italicized led me to believe that. I don't think "this here game" is ungrammatical, just a non-standard dialect difference. Thanks again. JesseRafe 08:10, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "This here" anything is considered poor usage, like saying "ain't". It is a common expression of the poorly educated (to put it bluntly), and has nothing to do with the Missouri accent. As for the precise wording, I'm going by what that one book said as far as the "anybody/nobody" is concerned. But given that Breslin's book title is a misquote, maybe the misquote was misquoted. Wahkeenah 13:19, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can't anybody here play the game? 

message: It may well be that Casey wasn't very happy about being let go by the Yanks, but that's show biz... most every manager, no matter how successful, gets fired eventually. His greatest successes were with the Yankees, and his Hall of Fame plaque shows him in a Yankees cap. Baseball Bugs 13:28, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Precisely. Let's try to keep things civil, though. Don't descend to the level of Mets fans. >:) Baseball Bugs 00:17, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colors 

message: the first paragraph quotes his nickname as "The Old Professor" and then "The Old Perfessor".  (the first one, "professor", is the correct spelling of the word, but a nickname might deliberately have the other spelling).  I didn't find it in references.  Which one is correct? —Isaac Dupree(talk) 10:50, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: They both are OK. The media tended to spell it "Perfessor" as a joke. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 13:25, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  second nickname 

message: The photo whose caption reads, "Monument plaque for Casey Stengel" isn't his plaque in Monument Park, which I assume it was referring to. I've never seen this one. What plaque is that and should I upload a photo of the real one in Monument Park? Delaywaves (talk) 19:42, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plaque Photo 

message: Not only did Casey use the left-handed/right-handed hitter platoon system extensively, but he also played many players at several positions. In the late 1950s, he had three catchers---Yogi Berra, Elston Howard, & John Blanchard---, all of which played 1st base and outfield as well. 108.15.29.132 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 13:39, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Casey's Platoon System 

message: Humor never hurts an article, and IMLTHO Spahn's quote is too funny AND too much to the point to leave out of this section—along with all the other 'learned' commentary. Tapered (talk) 03:35, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I've reverted you, not because I disagree, but because it is already in the article!  Check under the section where he managed the Braves. Thanks for the good thought. :)--Wehwalt (talk) 04:29, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Oops. Tapered (talk) 08:38, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Warren Spahn's "evaluation" 

message: Was looking through the U. of Mississippi baseball media guide (2018) https://s3.amazonaws.com/olemisssports.com/documents/2018/3/5/_ole_m_basebl_2017_18_misc_non_event__2018-baseball-media-guide.pdf and saw a blurb about Stengel having coached at Ole Miss for one season, 1914.  He is quoted about this on page 89.  On page 104, he is listed as coach for that season.BillVol (talk) 16:18, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I would have no objection to something being added. My recollection was he was only there for a few weeks.--Wehwalt (talk) 15:56, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. Maybe someone else will do it. I don't want to screw up what you all have going on.  If no one does it after a while, I'll take a stab at it.BillVol (talk) 16:18, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Added something.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:55, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coach at Ole Miss in 1914? 

message: Not sure if this merits mentioning here or somewhere else, but the Casey Stengel Bus Depot near the former Shea Stadium was renamed for Stengel on August 16, 1992. – Epicgenius (talk) 22:53, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm sure that Case would appreciate that both the depot and he were always stuck in the mud and he'd hope his name on it would let him make a quick escape as a manager sometimes needs to, but I think it's best not to mention it in the article.--Wehwalt (talk) 20:22, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Awards and honors 

message: The sentence before the last quote call-out in “Final years and firing…” is duplicated immediately following the call-out. One of them needs to be removed. Merciful (talk) 12:09, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. I did not realize someone had split the paragraph and duplicated the sentence. Wehwalt (talk) 13:07, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Perfect! Merciful (talk) 13:41, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Duplicate sentence