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 STENGELFinding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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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 feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I’ve been thrown out of so many.
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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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The trouble with women umpires is that I couldn’t argue with one. I’d put my arms around her and give her a little kiss.
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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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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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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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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 got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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