I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. I
CASEY STENGELIf we’re going to win the pennant, we’ve got to start thinking we’re not as good as we think we are.
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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.
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They say Yogi Berra is funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. What’s funny about that?
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No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
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You gotta learn that if you don’t get it by midnight, chances are you ain’t gonna get it, and if you do, it ain’t worth it.
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They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I’ll never make the mistake of being seventy again.
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When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you’re older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
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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.
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You can’t go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
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The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they’re successful.
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If we’re going to win the pennant, we’ve got to start thinking we’re not as good as we think we are.
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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant.
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