I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. I
CASEY STENGELIf we’re going to win the pennant, we’ve got to start thinking we’re not as good as we think we are.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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The team has come along slow but fast.
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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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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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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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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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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No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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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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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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