They said it couldn't be done, but sometimes it doesn't work out... by Casey Stengel

They said it couldn't be done, but sometimes it doesn't work out that way.

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You can get into the greatest business in the world because you can manufacture money by yourself on the field.

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I'll never make the mistake of being 70 again. by Casey Stengel

I'll never make the mistake of being 70 again.

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If this keeps up (four game winning streak) I'm about to manage u... by Casey Stengel

If this keeps up (four game winning streak) I'm about to manage until I'm a hundred.

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Whenever I decided to release a guy, I always had his room searched first for a gun. You couldn't take any chances with some of them birds.

It's high time something was done for the pitchers. They put up the stands and take down fences to make more home runs and plague the pitchers. Let them revive the spitter and help the pitchers make a living.

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If you walk backwards, you'll find out you can go forwards and people won't know if you're coming or going.

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If you ran a delicatessen store, you would want to be the best delicatessen store, wouldn't you? Well, that's how I feel about the Yankees.

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Pardon me, Mr. Craig, but how are we going to defense Mr. McCovey... in the upper deck or the lower deck?

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It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like... by Casey Stengel

It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like.

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You make your own luck. Some people have bad by Casey Stengel

You make your own luck. Some people have bad

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I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I've been thrown out of so many.

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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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Jerry Lumpe looks like the best hitter in the world until you put... by Casey Stengel

Jerry Lumpe looks like the best hitter in the world until you put him in the lineup.

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Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose '... by Casey Stengel

Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose 'em I never knew existed before.

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Never wear a backward baseball cap to an interview unless applyin... by Casey Stengel

Never wear a backward baseball cap to an interview unless applying for the job of umpire.

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The Mets has come along slow, but fast! by Casey Stengel

The Mets has come along slow, but fast!

He (Lyndon B. Johnson) wanted to see poverty, so he came to see m... by Casey Stengel

He (Lyndon B. Johnson) wanted to see poverty, so he came to see my team (1964 New York Mets).

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Some of you fellers are getting 'Whiskey Slick.' by Casey Stengel

Some of you fellers are getting 'Whiskey Slick.'

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Nobody ever had too many of them (pitchers). by Casey Stengel

Nobody ever had too many of them (pitchers).

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We're in such a slump that even the ones that are drinkin' aren't... by Casey Stengel

We're in such a slump that even the ones that are drinkin' aren't hittin'.

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