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.
CASEY STENGELI came in here and a fella asked me to have a drink. I said I don’t drink. Then another fella said hear you and Joe DiMaggio aren’t speaking and I said I’ll take that drink.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
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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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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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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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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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Being 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.
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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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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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I’ve tried to give a dollar and 25 cents in work for every dollar paid me.
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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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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