I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
CASEY STENGELI 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 broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. I
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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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I’ve tried to give a dollar and 25 cents in work for every dollar paid me.
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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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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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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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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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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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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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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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Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose ’em I never knew existed before.
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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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