You have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls.
CASEY STENGELIf 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.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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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 don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who drink milkshakes don’t win many ball games.
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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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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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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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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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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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The team has come along slow but fast.
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They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I’ll never make the mistake of being seventy again.
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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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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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