Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
CASEY STENGELYou have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls.
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I 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.
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I’ve tried to give a dollar and 25 cents in work for every dollar paid me.
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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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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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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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Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they’re successful.
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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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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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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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 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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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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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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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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