You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
CASEY STENGELIf you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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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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No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
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There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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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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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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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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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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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 broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. I
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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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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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