You have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls.
CASEY STENGELIf 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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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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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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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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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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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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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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The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for… reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration.
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If you’re playing baseball and thinking about managing, you’re crazy. You’d be better off thinking about being an owner.
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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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Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose ’em I never knew existed before.
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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