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
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I want to thank my parents for letting me play baseball. I'm thankful I had baseball knuckles and couldn't become a dentist...I got $2,100 a year when I started in the big league, and they get more money now. ...I chased the balls that Babe Ruth hit.
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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.
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I don't know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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That kid can hit balls over buildings.
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You have to have a catcher because if you don't you're likely to have a lot of passed balls.
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Amazing strength, amazing power - he (Ron Swoboda) can grind the dust out of the bat. He will be great, super even wonderful. Now, if he can only learn to catch a fly ball.
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We are a much improved ball club: now we lose in extra innings!
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I chased the balls that Babe Ruth hit. This is the greatest ball club a man could manage.
You got to get 27 outs to win.
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We was going to get you a cake, but we figured you'd drop it.
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But the only things that interrupted our happy family life came out there on the field, injuries and accidents and sickness, as the boys gave it all they had.
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks in batting practice.
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Oldtimers weekends and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they're successful.
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Now there's three things that can happen in a ballgame: you can win, you can lose, or it can rain.