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We are a much improved ball club: now we lose in extra innings!
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 was once asked what it takes to be a great manager...my response? Great players.
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That kid can hit balls over buildings.
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He's a smart-assed kid who's always sassin' people and gettin' away with it.
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Gettin' good players is easy. Gettin' 'em to play together is the hard part.
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We was going to get you a birthday cake, but we figured you'd drop it.
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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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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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The Mets has come along slow, but fast!
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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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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.
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I love signing autographs. I'll sign anything but veal cutlets. My ballpoint slips on veal cutlets.
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If you're playing baseball and thinking about managing, you're crazy. You'd be better off thinking about being an owner.
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