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.
CASEY STENGELThere comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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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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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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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 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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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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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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There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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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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Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant.
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You have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls.
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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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