Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they’re successful.
CASEY STENGELI was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who drink milkshakes don’t win many ball games.
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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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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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 like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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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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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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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