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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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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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We're in such a slump that even the ones that are drinkin' aren't hittin'.
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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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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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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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What's the use of askin' a man to execute if he can't execute?
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Well, that's baseball. Rags to riches one day and riches to rags the next. But I've been in it 36 years and I'm used to it.
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If anybody needs me, I'm in my room being embalmed.
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The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven't made up their minds.
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Even my players aren't players.
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The best ballplayer's the one who doesn't think he made good. He keeps trying to convince you.
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Mantle had more ability than any player I ever had on that club.
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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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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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Mr. that boy couldn't hit the ground if he fell out of an airplane.
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Amazing strength, amazing power - he (Ron Swoboda) can grind the dust out of the bat. He will be great, super even wonderful. Now, if he can only learn to catch a fly ball.
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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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Don't cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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We are a much improved ball club: now we lose in extra innings!
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