Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
CASEY STENGELIf you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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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 drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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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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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’ve tried to give a dollar and 25 cents in work for every dollar paid me.
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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for… reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration.
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Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It’s staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in.
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I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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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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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 team has come along slow but fast.
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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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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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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Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant.
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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you.
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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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