As written in the newly released book, BASEBALL CONFIDENTIAL: Casey Stengel approached the mound to talk with pitcher Larry Bearnarth, a New York native. There were two on, no outs and future Hall of Famer, Orlando Cepada was up to bat next. Cepada, at that time was a feared batter. The situation called for a mound visit by Stengel. It was short and sweet. He went to the mound, looked right at Bearnarth and all he said was. “Tra-La-La.”  Who knows what that meant at that point in time. Stengel said it and turned around and walked off of the mound. Bearnarth was puzzled but continued to pitch. Bearnarth threw the ball, power hitter Cepada grounded into a rare triple play to end the inning. Bearnarth, relieved, walked to the dugout and found Stengel. It was at that point that he asked Stengel what he meant by, “tra-la-la?” Casey’s reply was staccato like and to the point. He told Bearnarth it meant, “Triple Play.” That was a classic case of making the story fit the situation. That’s Casey Stengel. That’s baseball and that’s a little bit of Casey Stengel, confidential.