Bill was right about Casey. He gave the Mets character. He could not show them how to win, in fact he fell asleep on the bench. But he made the game interesting and fun - just like threads on Mudcat used to be (note the connection to the topic).

I also loved Casey because he came back after the Yankees fired him. He showed them that he still had the stuff.

Casey also spoke a language all his own - Stengelese. When he did not wish to respond to a reporter, he would give a sort of doubletalk. If you listened closely, you knew what he was trying to say. (Sort of like the relationship of this topic to this thread).