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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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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain't two good catchers among 'em.
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It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like.
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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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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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That kid can hit balls over buildings.
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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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The way our luck has been lately, our fellas have been getting hurt on their days off.
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We're in such a slump that even the ones that are drinkin' aren't hittin'.
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He's a smart-assed kid who's always sassin' people and gettin' away with it.
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You can't go out to the mound, hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
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I don't like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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Why shouldn't he break Ruth's record? He's got more power than Stalin.
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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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