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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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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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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain't two good catchers among 'em.
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You gotta lose 'em some of the time. When you do, lose 'em right.
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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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Son, it ain't the water cooler that's striking you out.
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Gettin' good players is easy. Gettin' 'em to play together is the hard part.
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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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Son, we'd like to keep you around this season but we're going to try and win a pennant.
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That kid can hit balls over buildings.
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I love signing autographs. I'll sign anything but veal cutlets. My ballpoint slips on veal cutlets.
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They say it can't be done, but sometimes that doesn't always work.
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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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We are a much improved ball club: now we lose in extra innings!
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Even my players aren't players.
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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 get into the greatest business in the world because you can manufacture money by yourself on the field.
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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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