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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The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided.
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This is the greatest ball club a man could manage.
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It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like.
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Managing is getting paid for home runs someone else hits.
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I chased the balls that Babe Ruth hit. This is the greatest ball club a man could manage.
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They are very brave men, the way they talk right up. Now if it was me, I would double-talk.
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They've shown me ways to lose I never knew existed.
You got to get 27 outs to win.
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I stayed up last night and watched the Republican Convention all night long. I watched all of them talk, and listened to them and seen them and I'm not interested in politics. If you watch them and listen to them you can find out why.
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People ask me, 'Casey, how can you speak so much when you don't talk English too good?' Well, I've been invited to Europe, and I say, 'They don't speak English over there too good, either.'
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A shave, please, but don't cut my throat. I may want to do it later myself.
famous game
That game was so famous they never used me.
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Ain't that something what happened today. One of us got traded to Kansas City.
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks in batting practice.