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.
CASEY STENGELTwo hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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You gotta learn that if you don’t get it by midnight, chances are you ain’t gonna get it, and if you do, it ain’t worth it.
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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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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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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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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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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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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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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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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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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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