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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.

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Casey Stengel
Age: 85 †
Born: 1890
Born: July 30
Died: 1975
Died: September 29
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
Kansas City
Missouri
Charles Dillon Casey Stengel
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The best ballplayer's the one who doesn't think he made good. He keeps trying to convince you.
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Johnny Sain don't say much, but that don't matter much, because when you're out there on the mound, you got nobody to talk to.
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They say it can't be done, but sometimes that doesn't always work.
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Amazing strength, amazing power - he (Ron Swoboda) can grind the dust out of the bat. He will be great, super even wonderful. Now, if he can only learn to catch a fly ball.
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Even my players aren't players.
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Bobby Brown reminds me of a fellow who's been hitting for 12 years and fielding one.
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I was once asked what it takes to be a great manager...my response? Great players.
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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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Nobody knows this, but one of us has just been traded to Kansas City.
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Gettin' good players is easy. Gettin' 'em to play together is the hard part.
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The Mets are gonna be amazing.
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Mantle had more ability than any player I ever had on that club.
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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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We are a much improved ball club: now we lose in extra innings!
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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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