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We was going to get you a birthday cake, but we figured you'd drop it.

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Casey Stengel
Age: 85 †
Born: 1890
Born: July 30
Died: 1975
Died: September 29
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
Kansas City
Missouri
Charles Dillon Casey Stengel
Drop
Baseball
Going
Figured
Cake
Birthday

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