Re: They called him Sparky
hey, great finds, char...found some Casey-ish/Yogi-ish quotes:
• "People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present," he once said. "I've got my faults, but living in the past is not one of them. There's no future in it."
• "I've changed my mind about [the designated hitter] -- instead of being bad, it stinks."
• "If I hear Bowie Kuhn say just once more he's doing something for the betterment of baseball, I'm going to throw up."
• "A baseball manager is a necessary evil."
• "I don't want to embarrass any other catcher by comparing him to Johnny Bench."
• "It's a terrible thing to have to tell your fans, who have waited like Detroit's have, that their team won't win it this year. But it's better than lying to them."
• "Problem with [John] Wockenfuss getting on base is that it takes three doubles to score him."
• "Players have two things to do. Play and keep their mouths shut."
• "I don't know why the players make such a big fuss about sitting in the first-class section of the plane. Does that mean they'll get there faster?"
• "The great thing about baseball is when you're done, you'll only tell your grandchildren the good things. If they ask me about 1989, I'll tell them I had amnesia."
• "Me carrying a briefcase is like a hotdog wearing earrings."
• "I can't believe they pay us to play baseball -- something we did for free as kids."
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