I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
CASEY STENGELTwo hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It’s that they stay out all night looking for it.
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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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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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I’ve tried to give a dollar and 25 cents in work for every dollar paid me.
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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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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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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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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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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If you’re playing baseball and thinking about managing, you’re crazy. You’d be better off thinking about being an owner.
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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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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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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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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