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.
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.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. I
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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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All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you.
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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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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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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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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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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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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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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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 don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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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 was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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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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Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It’s staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in.
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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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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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The team has come along slow but fast.
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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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