You can’t go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
CASEY STENGELThey 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.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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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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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven’t made up their minds.
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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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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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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No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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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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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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