You have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls.
CASEY STENGELThe key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
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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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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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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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I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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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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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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Everybody 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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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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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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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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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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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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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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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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