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I'm reminded of baseball manager Casey Stengel's plaintive cry as he looked down the bench in the New York Mets 'dugout: "Doesn't anybody here know how to play this game?"

Ken Blackwell: "Gibbsy" Steps in it Ken Blackwell 2010

I'm reminded of baseball manager Casey Stengel's plaintive cry as he looked down the bench in the New York Mets 'dugout: "Doesn't anybody here know how to play this game?"

Ken Blackwell: "Gibbsy" Steps in it Ken Blackwell 2010

This latest addition to the bottomless Mandela industry is less a book than an audio album – Stengel's 50 hours of recordings offer rich pickings for reader John Kani, who has managed to catch Mandela's distinctive way of speaking – slow, passionate, ponderous, staccato punctuated with infectious chuckles – even more faithfully than Morgan Freeman's award-winning performance in Invictus.

Sue Arnold's audiobook choice | reviews 2011

India have been marmalised, the trumpets have been sounded for England's ascent to No1 in the Test rankings and the ceremonial mace polished for surrender at The Oval after three such dominant performances by the home side that disgruntled fans of the tourists could be forgiven for purloining Casey Stengel's old lament about the 1962 New York Mets: "Can't anybody here play this game?"

How Jimmy Anderson went from water carrier to leader of the pack | Rob Bagchi 2011

I'm reminded of baseball manager Casey Stengel's plaintive cry as he looked down the bench in the New York Mets 'dugout: "Doesn't anybody here know how to play this game?"

Ken Blackwell: "Gibbsy" Steps in it Ken Blackwell 2010

I'm reminded of baseball manager Casey Stengel's plaintive cry as he looked down the bench in the New York Mets 'dugout: "Doesn't anybody here know how to play this game?"

Ken Blackwell: "Gibbsy" Steps in it Ken Blackwell 2010

I'm reminded of baseball manager Casey Stengel's plaintive cry as he looked down the bench in the New York Mets 'dugout: "Doesn't anybody here know how to play this game?"

Ken Blackwell: "Gibbsy" Steps in it Ken Blackwell 2010

So personal, in fact, that Mandela is a godfather to Gabriel, now 11, the older of Stengel's two sons.

Richard Stengel On Mandela: Neither 'Terrorist' Nor Mother Teresa 2010

Contrary to Couric's and Stengel's slant on the issue, when Human Rights Watch talked to 90 women in insurgent-controlled areas, all favored a negotiated settlement to the conflict.

Robert Greenwald: Katie Couric Needs to Get the Facts on Women's Rights in Afghanistan 2010

No one makes light of the plight of women and children in Afghanistan under the Taliban -- and, contrary to Stengel's claim, many Americans do know about it.

Greg Mitchell: What's Sadly Missing in Time's Controversial Afghan Cover 2010