Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
CASEY STENGELBeen in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose ’em I never knew existed before.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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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 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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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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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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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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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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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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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose ’em I never knew existed before.
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