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Even my players aren't players.
Casey Stengel
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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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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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He's a smart-assed kid who's always sassin' people and gettin' away with it.
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If anybody needs me, I'm in my room being embalmed.
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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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Best thing wrong with Jack Fisher is nothing.
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