Yankee Skipper on the Beam-Casey Stengel (left), new skipper of the New York Yankees, feels the waistline of pitcher Frank "Spec" Shea, Naugatuck, Conn., after Shea had signed his 1949 contract here today. Shea pitched for Stengel in 1946 when the latter was manager of the Oakland club of the Pacific Coast League.

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Yankee Skipper on the Beam-Casey Stengel (left), new skipper of the New York Yankees, feels the waistline of pitcher Frank "Spec" Shea, Naugatuck, Conn., after Shea had signed his 1949 contract here today. Shea pitched for Stengel in 1946 when the latter was manager of the Oakland club of the Pacific Coast League.

Associated Press · [ca. February 1949]

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CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

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