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Stengel retires as manager of Mets

By Larry Schwartz
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, August 24, 2001

Aug. 30, 1965 Since suffering a broken hip in a fall last month, New York Mets manager Casey Stengel has been out of uniform. At a press conference today, the 75-year-old Stengel announces his retirement as manager. "I told them I wouldn't go out and be a cripple on the field," says Stengel, supporting himself on a cane. "How can you manage with a cane? Could you pull out a pitcher by the neck?" Stengel is made a Mets' vice president in charge of West Coast operations. An outfielder, he s ...

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