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
people luck bad-luck
You make your own luck. Some people have bad luck all their lives.
analysis balls needs
All that analysis is well and good, but what I need right now is a left-handed batter who can hit the ball over the shortstop's head.
signing signing-autographs slips
I love signing autographs. I'll sign anything but veal cutlets. My ballpoint slips on veal cutlets.
guy saws all-time
I never saw anyone like Ty Cobb. No one even close to him as the greatest all-time ballplayer. That guy was superhuman, amazing.
best-things
Best thing wrong with Jack Fisher is nothing.
player great-men response
I was once asked what it takes to be a great manager...my response? Great players.
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.
looks
You could look it up.
yankees fields world
You can get into the greatest business in the world because you can manufacture money by yourself on the field.
sports midnight chance
You gotta learn that if you don't get it by midnight, chances are you ain't gonna get it, and if you do, it ain't worth it.
strong hands yankees
Well, the fella I got on there is hitting pretty good and I know he can make that throw, and if he don't make it that other fella I got coming has shown me a lot, and if he can't I have my guy and I know what he can do. On the other hand, the guy's not around now. And, well, this guy may be able to do it against left-handers if my guy ain't strong enough. I know one of my guys is gonna do it.
yankees records ruth
Why shouldn't he break Ruth's record? He's got more power than Stalin.
mistake yankees new-york-yankees
I'll never make the mistake of being 70 again.
yankees defense pardon-me
Pardon me, Mr. Craig, but how are we going to defense Mr. McCovey... in the upper deck or the lower deck?