They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again.

Like Torre he also managed the Braves and the Dodgers. Years later he made the pithy comment "It's lucky I didn't hit three home runs in three games or [John] McGraw would have traded me to the Three-I League. Stengel was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery Glendale California.

Like Torre he also managed the Braves and the Dodgers. After his major league career began he acquired the nickname "Casey" which originally came from the initials of his hometown ("K. He ended his baseball career as the beloved manager for the then expansion New York Mets which won over the hearts of New York partly due to the unique character of their veteran leader.