Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
CASEY STENGELNo baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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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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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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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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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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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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You can’t go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
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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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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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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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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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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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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 have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls.
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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