If you’re playing baseball and thinking about managing, you’re crazy. You’d be better off thinking about being an owner.
CASEY STENGEL
CASEY STENGEL
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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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Casey StengelCasey Stengel 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.
Casey StengelCasey Stengel I’ve tried to give a dollar and 25 cents in work for every dollar paid me.
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Casey StengelCasey Stengel Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
Casey StengelCasey Stengel Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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Casey StengelCasey Stengel I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
Casey StengelCasey Stengel Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
Casey StengelCasey Stengel You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
Casey StengelCasey Stengel The trick is growing up without growing old.
Casey StengelCasey Stengel 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.
Casey StengelCasey Stengel 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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