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
home yankees hands
There's nobody on my ball club that doesn't go from first to third on a base hit, or from second to home. Every time you steal a base, you're taking a gamble on getting thrown out, and taking the bat out of the hitter's hand.
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 catchers new-york-yankees
Canzeroni is the only defensive catcher that can't catch.
cities kansas-city yankees
Nobody knows this, but one of us has just been traded to Kansas City.
stars drinking winning
They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who drink milkshakes don't win many ball games.
sports way mets
The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
baseball hurt get-over
Take everything you can get over in center. The Dago's heel is hurting pretty bad.
baseball thinking born
What do you think, I was born at 60?
smart kids yankees
He's a smart-assed kid who's always sassin' people and gettin' away with it.
mistake yankees new-york-yankees
I'll never make the mistake of being 70 again.
sports sunset loser
Without losers, where would the winners be?
yankees play new-york-yankees
We've got to learn how to stay out of triple plays.
men yankees use
What's the use of askin' a man to execute if he can't execute?
two fields legs
He (Gil Hodges) fields better on one leg than anybody else I got on two.