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Prat-Fall Classic: '62 Mets vs. '03 Tigers

By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com

Wednesday, August 20, 2003

It's amazing how much in life can be summed up by just the right Casey Stengel quote. So it's time to cite one of our favorites. Back when the late, great Casey was managing the worst team on earth, those '62 Mets, he was brilliant enough to point out that we actually need losers in this world. Why? Because "without losers," Casey philosophized, "where would the winners be?" This is a true fact. And without the '62 Mets, where would the 2003 Tigers be? If it weren't for those '62 Mets and ...

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