Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant.
CASEY STENGELI broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. I
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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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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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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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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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 don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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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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I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. I
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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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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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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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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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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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