Most ball games are lost, not won.
CASEY STENGELThere 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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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they’re successful.
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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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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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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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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 have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls.
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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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All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you.
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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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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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The team has come along slow but fast.
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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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No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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