If I’ve got a good pinch-hitter, I hate to have him stay on the bench with men on the bases in an early inning. He may end the game right there.
CASEY STENGELMost ball games are lost, not won.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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They 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?
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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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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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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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You can’t go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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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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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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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 was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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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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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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