Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant.
CASEY STENGELBeing 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.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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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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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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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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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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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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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Sure 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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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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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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