I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. I
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.
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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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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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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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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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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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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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They say Yogi Berra is funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. What’s funny about that?
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