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Pardon me, Mr. Craig, but how are we going to defense Mr. McCovey... in the upper deck or the lower deck?

Casey Stengel

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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
Deck
Upper
Yankees
Pardon
Lower
Defense
Going
Craig

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Even my players aren't players.
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All I ask is that you bust your heiny on that field.
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Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?
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No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
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Some of you fellers are getting 'Whiskey Slick.'
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You gotta lose 'em some of the time. When you do, lose 'em right.
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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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If anybody needs me, I'm in my room being embalmed.
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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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I don't like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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Nobody knows this, but one of us has just been traded to Kansas City.
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I couldn't have done it without my players.
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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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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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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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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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You can't get into the Hall of Fame unless you limp.
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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There comes a time in every man's life, and I've had plenty of them.
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Gettin' good players is easy. Gettin' 'em to play together is the hard part.
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