I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. I
CASEY STENGELSure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?
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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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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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You have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls.
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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?
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The team has come along slow but fast.
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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I’ve been thrown out of so many.
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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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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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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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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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I came in here and a fella asked me to have a drink. I said I don’t drink. Then another fella said hear you and Joe DiMaggio aren’t speaking and I said I’ll take that drink.
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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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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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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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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who drink milkshakes don’t win many ball games.
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It’s that they stay out all night looking for it.
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