There has been only one manager, and his name is John McGraw.
Connie Mack
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After all my years, there are two things I've never got used to - haggling with a player over his contract and telling a boy he's got to go back.
An outfield composed of Cobb, Speaker and Ruth, even with Ruth, lacks the combined power of DiMaggio, Musial and Ted Williams.
Any minute, any day, some players may break a long standing record. That's one of the fascinations about the game, the unexpected surprises.
As one of nine men, DiMaggio is the best player that ever lived.
Humanity is the keystone that holds nations and men together. When that collapses, the whole structure crumbles. This is as true of baseball teams as any other pursuit in life.
I guess more players lick themselves that are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has to know is how to handle himself.
I never saw a man who juggled his [Casey Stengel] lineup so much and who played so many hunches so successfully.
Mathewson was the greatest pitcher who ever lived. He had knowledge, judgment, perfect control and form. It was wonderful to watch him pitch when he wasn't pitching against you.
No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball.
The game has kept faith with the public, maintaining its old admission price for nearly thirty years while other forms of entertainment have doubled and tripled in price. And it will probably never change.
There has been only one manager, and his name is John McGraw.
You can't win them all.
You're born with two strikes against you, so don't take a third one on your own.
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