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New Casey Stengel biography reveals the man behind the pranks | Lucas

It might not feel like spring outside, but baseball is back. That's all the sunshine I need.

On Monday, I will be broadcasting from my 62nd straight Yankees home opener. This also marks my 60th anniversary as a print journalist, a part of my career that began while still in high school, when the Hudson Dispatch hired me in 1957 to write trivia columns and commentary

Many players and managers have come and gone since then. One who I still fondly recall every opening day is Casey Stengel.

When fans think of Casey, they picture the wizened manager/showman who helped make the hapless 1962 Mets an entertaining draw.