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They say you can't do it, but sometimes it doesn't always work.

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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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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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I would not admire hitting against Ryne Duren, because if he ever hit you in the head you might be in the past tense.
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We're in such a slump that even the ones that are drinkin' aren't hittin'.
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The Mets has come along slow, but fast!
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I'm mad at him, too, for being out late. But I'm not mad enough to take a chance on losing a ball game and possibly the pennant.
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They examined all my organs. Some of them are quite remarkable and others are not so good. A lot of museums are bidding for them.
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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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Even my players aren't players.
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What's the use of askin' a man to execute if he can't execute?
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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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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We was going to get you a birthday cake, but we figured you'd drop it.
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Don't cut your nose off yourself.
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All I ask is that you bust your heiny on that field.
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Don't drink in the hotel bar, that's where I do my drinking.
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If anybody needs me, I'm in my room being embalmed.
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I was once asked what it takes to be a great manager...my response? Great players.
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