You can’t go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
CASEY STENGELWhen 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.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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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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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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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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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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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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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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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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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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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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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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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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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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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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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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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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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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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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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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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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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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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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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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