You have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls.
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 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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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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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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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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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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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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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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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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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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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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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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