Author: Casey Stengel Page 3

That boy couldn't hit the ground if he fell out of an airplane.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

You have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

We (the Mets) are a much improved ball club, now we lose in extra innings!

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

If anyone wants me tell them I'm being embalmed.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

I couldn't done it without my players.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

I broke in with four hits and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb… it took me only a few days to correct that impression.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Nobody knows this [yet], but one of us has just been traded to Kansas City.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Managing is getting paid for home runs someone else hits.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game, it’s that they stay out all night looking for it.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager