No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
CASEY STENGELWhen 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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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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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.
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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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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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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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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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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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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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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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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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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