I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
CASEY STENGELIf you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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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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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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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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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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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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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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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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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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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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