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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They say you can't do it, but sometimes it doesn't always work.
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.
airplane walk weekends
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.
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Johnny Sain doesn't say much, but that don't matter much, because when you're out there on the mound, you got nobody to talk to.
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Managing is getting paid for home runs someone else hits.
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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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Look at him. He doesn't drink, he doesn't smoke, he doesn't chew and he doesn't stay out late - and he still can't hit.
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It ain't the water cooler that's getting you out.
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Going to bed with a woman never hurt a ballplayer. It's staying up all night looking for them that does you in.
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Going to bed with a woman never hurt a ball player. It's staying up all night looking for them that does you in.