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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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Casey Stengel
Age: 85 †
Born: 1890
Born: July 30
Died: 1975
Died: September 29
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
Kansas City
Missouri
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He (Babe Ruth) was very brave at the plate. You rarely saw him fall away from a pitch. He stayed right in there. No one drove him out.
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Don't drink in the hotel bar, that's where I do my drinking.
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It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like.
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We are a much improved ball club: now we lose in extra innings!
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Mr. that boy couldn't hit the ground if he fell out of an airplane.
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I became a major league manager in several cities and was discharged. We call it discharged because there was no question I had to leave.
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I love signing autographs. I'll sign anything but veal cutlets. My ballpoint slips on veal cutlets.
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