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
ask english invited people speak talk
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.'
people luck bad-luck
You make your own luck. Some people have bad luck all their lives.
people backwards walks
If you walk backwards, you'll find out you can go forwards and people won't know if you're coming or going.
people age looks
A lot of people my age are dead and you could look it up.
people age looks
Most people my age are dead at the present time and you can look it up.
brave men talk
They are very brave men, the way they talk right up. Now if it was me, I would double-talk.
knew lose shown ways
They've shown me ways to lose I never knew existed.
You got to get 27 outs to win.
convention interested last listened night republican seen stayed watched
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.
cut later
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.
happened kansas traded
Ain't that something what happened today. One of us got traded to Kansas City.
american-athlete guys hate managing secret
The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided.
batting dangerous hitter walks
I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks in batting practice.