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Casey Stengel quotes: Never make bad predictions, especially about the futture. Never make bad predictions, especially about the futture.
Casey Stengel quotes: A lot of people my age are dead and you could look it up. A lot of people my age are dead and you could look it up.
Casey Stengel quotes: If I've got a good pinch-hitter, I hate to have him stay on the bench with men on the bases in an early inning. He may end the game right If I've got a good pinch-hitter, I hate to have him stay on the bench with men on the bases in an early inning. He may end the game right there.
Casey Stengel quotes: Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It's staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in. Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It's staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in.
Casey Stengel quotes: No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball. No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
Casey Stengel quotes: I don't know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball. I don't know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
Casey Stengel quotes: You could look it up. You could look it up.
Casey Stengel quotes: The best ballplayer's the one who doesn't think he made good. He keeps trying to convince you. The best ballplayer's the one who doesn't think he made good. He keeps trying to convince you.
Casey Stengel quotes: Once someone gave me a picture and I wrote 'Do good in school.' I looked up and the guy was 78 years old Once someone gave me a picture and I wrote 'Do good in school.' I looked up and the guy was 78 years old
Casey Stengel quotes: You gotta lose 'em some of the time. When you do, lose 'em right. You gotta lose 'em some of the time. When you do, lose 'em right.
Casey Stengel quotes: The team has come along slow but fast. The team has come along slow but fast.
Casey Stengel quotes: I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill. I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
Casey Stengel quotes: I never saw anyone like Ty Cobb. No one even close to him as the greatest all-time ballplayer. That guy was superhuman, amazing. I never saw anyone like Ty Cobb. No one even close to him as the greatest all-time ballplayer. That guy was superhuman, amazing.
Casey Stengel quotes: The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It's that they stay out all night looking for it. The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It's that they stay out all night looking for it.
Casey Stengel quotes: The only thing worse than a Mets game is a Mets doubleheader. The only thing worse than a Mets game is a Mets doubleheader.
Casey Stengel quotes: He (Babe Ruth) was very brave at the plate. You rarely saw him fall away from a pitch. He stayed right in there. No one drove him out. He (Babe Ruth) was very brave at the plate. You rarely saw him fall away from a pitch. He stayed right in there. No one drove him out.
Casey Stengel quotes: We're in such a slump that even the ones that are drinkin' aren't hittin'. We're in such a slump that even the ones that are drinkin' aren't hittin'.
Casey Stengel quotes: He (Mickey Mantle) has it in his body to be great. He (Mickey Mantle) has it in his body to be great.
Casey Stengel quotes: Whenever I decided to release a guy, I always had his room searched first for a gun. You couldn't take any chances with some of them birds. Whenever I decided to release a guy, I always had his room searched first for a gun. You couldn't take any chances with some of them birds.
Casey Stengel quotes: We was going to get you a birthday cake, but we figured you'd drop it. We was going to get you a birthday cake, but we figured you'd drop it.
Casey Stengel quotes: Canzeroni is the only defensive catcher that can't catch. Canzeroni is the only defensive catcher that can't catch.
Casey Stengel quotes: You can't go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane. You can't go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
Casey Stengel quotes: The way our luck has been lately, our fellas have been getting hurt on their days off. The way our luck has been lately, our fellas have been getting hurt on their days off.
Casey Stengel quotes: I was once asked what it takes to be a great manager ... my response? Great players. I was once asked what it takes to be a great manager ... my response? Great players.
Casey Stengel quotes: The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed. The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
Casey Stengel quotes: Johnny Sain don't say much, but that don't matter much, because when you're out there on the mound, you got nobody to talk to. Johnny Sain don't say much, but that don't matter much, because when you're out there on the mound, you got nobody to talk to.
Casey Stengel quotes: Now there's three things you can do in a baseball game: You can win or you can lose or it can rain. Now there's three things you can do in a baseball game: You can win or you can lose or it can rain.
Casey Stengel quotes: I love signing autographs. I'll sign anything but veal cutlets. My ballpoint slips on veal cutlets. I love signing autographs. I'll sign anything but veal cutlets. My ballpoint slips on veal cutlets.
Casey Stengel quotes: If we're going to win the pennant, we've got to start thinking we're not as good as we think we are. If we're going to win the pennant, we've got to start thinking we're not as good as we think we are.
Casey Stengel quotes: The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided. The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
Casey Stengel quotes: You make your own luck. Some people have bad luck all their lives. You make your own luck. Some people have bad
luck all their lives.
Casey Stengel quotes: I'll never make the mistake of being 70 again. I'll never make the mistake of being 70 again.
Casey Stengel quotes: Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they're successful. Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they're successful.
Casey Stengel quotes: Some of you fellers are getting 'Whiskey Slick.' Some of you fellers are getting 'Whiskey Slick.'
Casey Stengel quotes: If you ran a delicatessen store, you would want to be the best delicatessen store, wouldn't you? Well, that's how I feel about the Yankees. If you ran a delicatessen store, you would want to be the best delicatessen store, wouldn't you? Well, that's how I feel about the Yankees.
Casey Stengel quotes: Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story. Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
Casey Stengel quotes: Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose 'em I never knew existed before. Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose 'em I never knew existed before.
Casey Stengel quotes: We are a much improved ball club: now we lose in extra innings! We are a much improved ball club: now we lose in extra innings!
Casey Stengel quotes: If you walk backwards, you'll find out you can go forwards and people won't know if you're coming or going. If you walk backwards, you'll find out you can go forwards and people won't know if you're coming or going.
Casey Stengel quotes: Gettin' good players is easy. Gettin' 'em to play together is the hard part. Gettin' good players is easy. Gettin' 'em to play together is the hard part.
Casey Stengel quotes: Take everything you can get over in center. The Dago's heel is hurting pretty bad. Take everything you can get over in center. The Dago's heel is hurting pretty bad.
Casey Stengel quotes: You can get into the greatest business in the world because you can manufacture money by yourself on the field. You can get into the greatest business in the world because you can manufacture money by yourself on the field.
Casey Stengel quotes: Most people my age are dead at the present time and you can look it up. Most people my age are dead at the present time and you can look it up.
Casey Stengel quotes: Left-handers have more enthusiasm for life. They sleep on the wrong side of the bed, and their head gets more stagnant on that side. Left-handers have more enthusiasm for life. They sleep on the wrong side of the bed, and their head gets more stagnant on that side.
Casey Stengel quotes: Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits. Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
Casey Stengel quotes: Jerry Lumpe looks like the best hitter in the world until you put him in the lineup. Jerry Lumpe looks like the best hitter in the world until you put him in the lineup.
Casey Stengel quotes: I got players with bad watches - they can't tell midnight from noon. I got players with bad watches - they can't tell midnight from noon.
Casey Stengel quotes: Why shouldn't he break Ruth's record? He's got more power than Stalin. Why shouldn't he break Ruth's record? He's got more power than Stalin.
Casey Stengel quotes: They say it can't be done, but sometimes that doesn't always work. They say it can't be done, but sometimes that doesn't always work.
Casey Stengel quotes: If this keeps up (four game winning streak) I'm about to manage until I'm a hundred. If this keeps up (four game winning streak) I'm about to manage until I'm a hundred.
Casey Stengel quotes: I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I've been thrown out of so many. I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I've been thrown out of so many.
Casey Stengel quotes: Baseball is very big at the present time. This makes me think baseball will live longer than Casey Stengel or anybody else. Baseball is very big at the present time. This makes me think baseball will live longer than Casey Stengel or anybody else.
Casey Stengel quotes: Son, it ain't the water cooler that's striking you out. Son, it ain't the water cooler that's striking you out.
Casey Stengel quotes: Nobody ever had too many of them (pitchers). Nobody ever had too many of them (pitchers).
Casey Stengel quotes: Don't cut off your nose yourself. Don't cut off your nose yourself.
Casey Stengel quotes: Two hundred million Americans, and there ain't two good catchers among 'em. Two hundred million Americans, and there ain't two good catchers among 'em.
Casey Stengel quotes: I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. It took me only a few days to correct that impression. I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. It took me only a few days to correct that impression.
Casey Stengel quotes: I would not admire hitting against Ryne Duren, because if he ever hit you in the head you might be in the past tense. I would not admire hitting against Ryne Duren, because if he ever hit you in the head you might be in the past tense.
Casey Stengel quotes: I don't like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three. I don't like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
Casey Stengel quotes: It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like. It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like.
Casey Stengel quotes: Without losers, where would the winners be? Without losers, where would the winners be?
Casey Stengel quotes: He'd (Yogi Berra) fall in a sewer and come up with a gold watch. He'd (Yogi Berra) fall in a sewer and come up with a gold watch.
Casey Stengel quotes: They say you can't do it, but sometimes it doesn't always work. They say you can't do it, but sometimes it doesn't always work.
Casey Stengel quotes: I made up my mind, but I made it up both ways. I made up my mind, but I made it up both ways.
Casey Stengel quotes: The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven't made up their minds. The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven't made up their minds.
Casey Stengel quotes: Even my players aren't players. Even my players aren't players.
Casey Stengel quotes: Most ball games are lost, not won. Most ball games are lost, not won.
Casey Stengel quotes: After a deplorable day afield, when asked by a reporter what he thought of his team's execution After a deplorable day afield, when asked by a reporter what he thought of his team's execution
Casey Stengel quotes: I'm mad at him, too, for being out late. But I'm not mad enough to take a chance on losing a ball game and possibly the pennant. I'm mad at him, too, for being out late. But I'm not mad enough to take a chance on losing a ball game and possibly the pennant.
Casey Stengel quotes: All that analysis is well and good, but what I need right now is a left-handed batter who can hit the ball over the shortstop's head. All that analysis is well and good, but what I need right now is a left-handed batter who can hit the ball over the shortstop's head.
Casey Stengel quotes: Sometimes it's easier to understand things than it is to figure them out Sometimes it's easier to understand things than it is to figure them out
Casey Stengel quotes: Okay everybody, line up in alphabetical order according to your height. Okay everybody, line up in alphabetical order according to your height.
Casey Stengel quotes: I got one that can throw but can't catch, and one that can catch but can't throw, and one who can hit but can't do either. I got one that can throw but can't catch, and one that can catch but can't throw, and one who can hit but can't do either.
Casey Stengel quotes: You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living. You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
Casey Stengel quotes: You have to draft a catcher, because if you don't have one, the pitch will roll all the way back to the screen. You have to draft a catcher, because if you don't have one, the pitch will roll all the way back to the screen.
Casey Stengel quotes: You have to have a catcher because if you don't you're likely to have a lot of passed balls. You have to have a catcher because if you don't you're likely to have a lot of passed balls.
Casey Stengel quotes: I became a major league manager in several cities and was discharged. We call it discharged because there was no question I had to leave. I became a major league manager in several cities and was discharged. We call it discharged because there was no question I had to leave.