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They say it can't be done, but sometimes that doesn't always work.

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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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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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They say you can't do it, but sometimes it doesn't always work.
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Don't cut your nose off yourself.
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He's a smart-assed kid who's always sassin' people and gettin' away with it.
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Once someone gave me a picture and I wrote 'Do good in school.' I looked up and the guy was 78 years old
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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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Mr. that boy couldn't hit the ground if he fell out of an airplane.
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Baseball is very big at the present time. This makes me think baseball will live longer than Casey Stengel or anybody else.
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Gettin' good players is easy. Gettin' 'em to play together is the hard part.
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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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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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If this keeps up (four game winning streak) I'm about to manage until I'm a hundred.
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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 never saw anyone like Ty Cobb. No one even close to him as the greatest all-time ballplayer. That guy was superhuman, amazing.
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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.
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You gotta lose 'em some of the time. When you do, lose 'em right.
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I was once asked what it takes to be a great manager...my response? Great players.
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We was going to get you a birthday cake, but we figured you'd drop it.
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You can't get into the Hall of Fame unless you limp.
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If anybody needs me, I'm in my room being embalmed.
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