Casey Stengel Baseball Player
- Gender: Male
- Citizenship: United States
- Born: Jul 30, 1890
- Died: Sep 29, 1975
Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel, nicknamed "The Old Perfessor", was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966.
Stengel was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and originally nicknamed "Dutch", a common nickname at that time for Americans of German ancestry. After his major league career began, he acquired the nickname "Casey", which originally came from the initials of his hometown, which evolved into "Casey", influenced by the wide popularity of the poem Casey at the Bat. In the 1950s, sportswriters dubbed him with yet another nickname, "The Old Professor", for his sharp wit and his ability to talk at length on anything baseball-related.
Although his baseball career spanned a number of teams and cities, he is primarily associated with clubs in New York City. Between playing and managing, he is the only man to have worn four of New York's major league clubs' uniforms. He was the first of four men to manage both the New York Yankees and New York Mets; Yogi Berra, Dallas Green, and Joe Torre are the others. Like Torre, he also managed the Braves and the Dodgers.
Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
being good
Never make predictions, especially about the future.
the future
The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
leadership
You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
money
The trouble with women umpires is that I couldn't argue with one. I'd put my arms around her and give her a little kiss.
women
Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
home
Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
art & home
Most ball games are lost, not won.
sports
Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?
aging
The trick is growing up without growing old.
aging
You gotta lose 'em some of the time. When you do, lose 'em right.
failure
All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
being funny