Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
CASEY STENGELThey 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.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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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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I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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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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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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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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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 such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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