You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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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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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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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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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You can’t go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
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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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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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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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Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they’re successful.
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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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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 don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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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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