The Sunday Funnies

Early in his managerial career, Casey Stengel had a theatrical move he'd deploy when arguing with an umpire: He'd fall to the ground in a mock faint.

That ended when he tried it on veteran umpire Beans Reardon. Reardon watched Stengel collapse, then did the same.

Stengel, telling the story in years to come, recounted: "When I peeked over and saw Reardon on the ground, I knew I was licked."