You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
CASEY STENGELYou can’t go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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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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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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You gotta learn that if you don’t get it by midnight, chances are you ain’t gonna get it, and if you do, it ain’t worth it.
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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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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 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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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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