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It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like.

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Casey Stengel
Age: 85 †
Born: 1890
Born: July 30
Died: 1975
Died: September 29
Baseball Manager
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Kansas City
Missouri
Charles Dillon Casey Stengel
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Because there'd be two languages I couldn't speak, French and English.
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My health is good enough about the shoulders.
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Even my players aren't players.
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I broke in with four hits and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. It took me only a few days to correct that impression.
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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 might have been able to make it as a pitcher except for one thing: I had a rather awkward motion and every time I brought my left arm forward I hit myself in the ear.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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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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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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You gotta lose 'em some of the time. When you do, lose 'em right.
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See that fella over there? He's 20 years old. In 10 years, he's got a chance to be a star. Now that fella over there, he's 20 years old, too. In 10 years he's got a chance to be 30.
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