Quote

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.

Casey Stengel

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

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
Plates
Stayed
Rarely
Brave
Ruth
Saws
Drove
Fall
Babe
Away
Plate
Right
Pitch

More quotes by Casey Stengel

Image
They examined all my organs. Some of them are quite remarkable and others are not so good. A lot of museums are bidding for them.
Casey Stengel
Image
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.
Casey Stengel
Image
We was going to get you a birthday cake, but we figured you'd drop it.
Casey Stengel
Image
He's a smart-assed kid who's always sassin' people and gettin' away with it.
Casey Stengel
Image
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.
Casey Stengel
Image
I never saw anyone like Ty Cobb. No one even close to him as the greatest all-time ballplayer. That guy was superhuman, amazing.
Casey Stengel
Image
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.
Casey Stengel
Image
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.
Casey Stengel
Image
Some of you fellers are getting 'Whiskey Slick.'
Casey Stengel
Image
Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
Casey Stengel
Image
If you're playing baseball and thinking about managing, you're crazy. You'd be better off thinking about being an owner.
Casey Stengel
Image
You gotta lose 'em some of the time. When you do, lose 'em right.
Casey Stengel
Image
Even my players aren't players.
Casey Stengel
Image
Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
Casey Stengel
Image
Don't drink in the hotel bar, that's where I do my drinking.
Casey Stengel
Image
Best thing wrong with Jack Fisher is nothing.
Casey Stengel
Image
Bobby Brown reminds me of a fellow who's been hitting for 12 years and fielding one.
Casey Stengel
Image
I was once asked what it takes to be a great manager...my response? Great players.
Casey Stengel
Image
Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?
Casey Stengel
Image
You can't go out to the mound, hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
Casey Stengel