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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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I would not admire hitting against Ryne Duren, because if he ever hit you in the head you might be in the past tense.
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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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The way our luck has been lately, our fellas have been getting hurt on their days off.
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Son, we'd like to keep you around this season but we're going to try and win a pennant.
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