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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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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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Yankees
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Because there'd be two languages I couldn't speak, French and English.
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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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Don't cut off your nose yourself.
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