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Well, that's baseball. Rags to riches one day and riches to rags the next. But I've been in it 36 years and I'm used to it.

Casey Stengel

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Casey Stengel
Age: 85 †
Born: 1890
Born: July 30
Died: 1975
Died: September 29
Baseball Manager
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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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