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If anybody needs me, I'm in my room being embalmed.

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
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Don't cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like.
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The way our luck has been lately, our fellas have been getting hurt on their days off.
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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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We are a much improved ball club: now we lose in extra innings!
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The Mets has come along slow, but fast!
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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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A lot of people my age are dead and you could look it up.
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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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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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We was going to get you a birthday cake, but we figured you'd drop it.
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We're in such a slump that even the ones that are drinkin' aren't hittin'.
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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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