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A baseball manager is a necessary evil.

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Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success.

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Casey knew his baseball. He only made it look like he was fooling around. He knew every move that was ever invented and some that we haven't even caught on to yet.

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I only had a high school education and believe me, I had to cheat to get that.

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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.

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My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work.

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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.

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The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules.

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The players make the manager, it's never the other way.

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We're the best team in baseball, but not by much.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Coach

Born: February 22nd, 1934

Died: November 4th, 2010

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