No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
CASEY STENGELThey say Yogi Berra is funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. What’s funny about that?
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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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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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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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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Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant.
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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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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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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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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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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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 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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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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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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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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