Quote

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

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
Every
Forward
Make
Except
Time
Arms
Rather
Pitcher
Left
Awkward
Able
Motion
Might
Brought
Thing
Ears

More quotes by Casey Stengel

Image
You gotta lose 'em some of the time. When you do, lose 'em right.
Casey Stengel
Image
Mr. that boy couldn't hit the ground if he fell out of an airplane.
Casey Stengel
Image
Some of you fellers are getting 'Whiskey Slick.'
Casey Stengel
Image
Now there's three things you can do in a baseball game: You can win or you can lose or it can rain.
Casey Stengel
Image
We've got to learn how to stay out of triple plays.
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
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.
Casey Stengel
Image
The Mets are gonna be amazing.
Casey Stengel
Image
Pardon me, Mr. Craig, but how are we going to defense Mr. McCovey... in the upper deck or the lower deck?
Casey Stengel
Image
They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again.
Casey Stengel
Image
Son, it ain't the water cooler that's striking you out.
Casey Stengel
Image
Without losers, where would the winners be?
Casey Stengel
Image
Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
Casey Stengel
Image
They say you can't do it, but sometimes it doesn't always work.
Casey Stengel
Image
Son, we'd like to keep you around this season but we're going to try and win a pennant.
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
My health is good enough about the shoulders.
Casey Stengel
Image
Don't cut your nose off yourself.
Casey Stengel
Image
Best thing wrong with Jack Fisher is nothing.
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