Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
CASEY STENGELSure 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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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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I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. I
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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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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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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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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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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 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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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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The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
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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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Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose ’em I never knew existed before.
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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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