I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. I
CASEY STENGELI’ve tried to give a dollar and 25 cents in work for every dollar paid me.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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The team has come along slow but fast.
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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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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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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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They say Yogi Berra is funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. What’s funny about that?
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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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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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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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