Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
CASEY STENGELYou got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven’t made up their minds.
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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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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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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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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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Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose ’em I never knew existed before.
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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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Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they’re successful.
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Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant.
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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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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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