Just about every night I tell stories to my SJSD Dorm II boys (age 8-10), one night I was telling them a story about Casey Stengel when he was a manager of the New York Mets the first year of their existence. A player hit a long fly ball over the fence, round the bases, to the delights of the fans at Polo Grounds. "It's a home run," everyone thought. The first base umpire called him "out." Casey Stengel, in a fit, stormed out of the dugout charging toward first base and arguing with the first base umpire. The argument kept going on until the second base umpire approaches Casey and tap him on the shoulder, letting him know that "he also missed touching second base.Casey, frustrated, returned to dugout when he saw the third base umpire approaching. The Mets lost a hundred games in their first season, worst team ever in history.
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