Casey Stengel
Casey Stengel
Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel, nicknamed "The Old Perfessor", was an American Major League Baseball right fielder and manager. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth30 July 1890
CityKansas City, MO
CountryUnited States of America
two fields legs
He (Gil Hodges) fields better on one leg than anybody else I got on two.
thinking trying approval
The best ballplayer's the one who doesn't think he made good. He keeps trying to convince you.
body mickey
He (Mickey Mantle) has it in his body to be great.
analysis balls needs
All that analysis is well and good, but what I need right now is a left-handed batter who can hit the ball over the shortstop's head.
best-things
Best thing wrong with Jack Fisher is nothing.
way catchers ifs
You have to draft a catcher, because if you don't have one, the pitch will roll all the way back to the screen.
guy saws all-time
I never saw anyone like Ty Cobb. No one even close to him as the greatest all-time ballplayer. That guy was superhuman, amazing.
signing signing-autographs slips
I love signing autographs. I'll sign anything but veal cutlets. My ballpoint slips on veal cutlets.
people luck bad-luck
You make your own luck. Some people have bad luck all their lives.
baseball games mad
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.
cutting noses spite
Don't cut off your nose yourself.
player great-men response
I was once asked what it takes to be a great manager...my response? Great players.
running baseball two
I don't like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
yankees rooms needs
If anybody needs me, I'm in my room being embalmed.