The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
CASEY STENGELMost ball games are lost, not won.
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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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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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No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
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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 can’t go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
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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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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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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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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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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I’ve been thrown out of so many.
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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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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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