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.
CASEY STENGELThe key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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If you’re playing baseball and thinking about managing, you’re crazy. You’d be better off thinking about being an owner.
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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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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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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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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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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 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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There 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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I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I’ve been thrown out of so many.
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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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If we’re going to win the pennant, we’ve got to start thinking we’re not as good as we think we are.
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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