Hall of Fame manager Casey Stengel is known for antics and amusing quotes, like whenhe told his players to"line up alphabetically according to your height."

Stengel's shenanigans started when he Anthony Averett Jersey was a minor league player:

COLLATERAL:Stengel's relationship with his first profe sional team, the Kankakee Kays,didnt end well. Theyowed him$67 in salary when the leaguefolded on July 4,1910, according Mark Ingram II Jersey to The Milwaukee Journal.Stengel seized the teams uniforms and held them hostage until he got his cash.

The team never paid up. Stengel, suddenly unemployed, kept the stolen uniforms.

LIVE STREAMING:Later Shane Ray Jersey in 1910, Stengel joined the Maysville Rivermen. Stengeltook theteam's nameliterally when a deep fly ball soaredtoward a nearby creek. Hesplashed ankle-deep in water and made the catch.

LET IT SLIDE:When jogging in from Maysville's outfield after innings, Stengel would slide into third base.

League Park had an insane asylum just beyond its outfield wall, Stengels bio in The Infinite Baseball Tim Williams Jersey Card Set described. Stengel, who was told that he needed to work on his sliding technique, would make a practice slide into third base. The inmates of the asylum watched from Brandon Williams Jersey their windows and cheered him on with enthusiasm they thought he was one of their own.

MULTITASKER:Stengel's managing debut came in 1925 with Worcester. He was also the team's president and Mark Andrews Jersey right fielder.When the season ended, the president resigned, the manager was fired and the right fielder was released.

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