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title: "5 Catcher Quotes By Casey Stengel"
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> [No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-stengel/no-baseball-pitcher-would-be-worth-a-darn-without-a-catcher-who-could/)

[Casey Stengel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-stengel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81c/casey-stengel-2534_baseball_no-baseball-pitcher-would-be-worth-a-dar_106569.jpg)

> [Canzeroni is the only defensive catcher that can't catch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-stengel/canzeroni-is-the-only-defensive-catcher-that-can-t-catch/)

[Casey Stengel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-stengel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0d/casey-stengel-2534_catchers_canzeroni-is-the-only-defensive-catcher_1839902.jpg)

> [You have to draft a catcher, because if you don't have one, the pitch will roll all the way back to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-stengel/you-have-to-draft-a-catcher-because-if-you-don-t-have-one-the-pitch/)

[Casey Stengel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-stengel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b95/casey-stengel-2534_catchers_you-have-to-draft-a-catcher-because-if-y_1886096.jpg)

> [You have to have a catcher because if you don't you're likely to have a lot of passed balls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-stengel/you-have-to-have-a-catcher-because-if-you-don-t-you-re-likely-to-have/)

[Casey Stengel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-stengel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/755/casey-stengel-2534_balls_you-have-to-have-a-catcher-because-if-yo_2913564.jpg)

> [“If you don't have a catcher, the ball goes to the backstop. Casey Stengel explaining why the Mets selected mediocre catcher Hobie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-stengel/if-you-don-t-have-a-catcher-the-ball-goes-to-the-backstop-casey/)

[Casey Stengel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-stengel/)

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## Other authors on Catcher

## More by Casey Stengel

> [We're in such a slump that even the ones that are drinkin' aren't hittin'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-stengel/we-re-in-such-a-slump-that-even-the-ones-that-are-drinkin-aren-t/)

[Casey Stengel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-stengel/)

> [ They say he's \[Yogi Berra\] funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-stengel/they-say-he-s-yogi-berra-funny-well-he-has-a-lovely-wife-and-family-a/)

[Casey Stengel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-stengel/)

> [Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-stengel/everybody-line-up-alphabetically-according-to-your-height/)

[Casey Stengel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-stengel/)

> [Well, that's baseball. Rags to riches one day and riches to rags the next. But I've been in it 36 years and I'm used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-stengel/well-that-s-baseball-rags-to-riches-one-day-and-riches-to-rags-the/)

[Casey Stengel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-stengel/)

> [No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-stengel/no-baseball-pitcher-would-be-worth-a-darn-without-a-catcher-who-could/)

[Casey Stengel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-stengel/)

> [I made up my mind, but I made it up both ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-stengel/i-made-up-my-mind-but-i-made-it-up-both-ways/)

[Casey Stengel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-stengel/)

> [They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who drink milkshakes don't win many ball games.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-stengel/they-say-some-of-my-stars-drink-whiskey-but-i-have-found-that-ones/)

[Casey Stengel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-stengel/)

> [If you walk backwards, you'll find out you can go forwards and people won't know if you're coming or going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-stengel/if-you-walk-backwards-you-ll-find-out-you-can-go-forwards-and-people/)

[Casey Stengel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-stengel/)

> [The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven't made up their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-stengel/the-secret-of-successful-managing-is-to-keep-the-five-guys-who-hate/)

[Casey Stengel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-stengel/)

> [The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It's that they stay out all night looking for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-stengel/the-trouble-is-not-that-players-have-sex-the-night-before-a-game-it-s/)

[Casey Stengel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-stengel/)

> [Two hundred million Americans, and there ain't two good catchers among 'em.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-stengel/two-hundred-million-americans-and-there-ain-t-two-good-catchers-among/)

[Casey Stengel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-stengel/)

> [Never make bad predictions, especially about the futture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-stengel/never-make-bad-predictions-especially-about-the-futture/)

[Casey Stengel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-stengel/)

> [I was once asked what it takes to be a great manager...my response? Great players.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-stengel/i-was-once-asked-what-it-takes-to-be-a-great-manager-my-response/)

[Casey Stengel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-stengel/)

> [If you ran a delicatessen store, you would want to be the best delicatessen store, wouldn't you? Well, that's how I feel about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-stengel/if-you-ran-a-delicatessen-store-you-would-want-to-be-the-best/)

[Casey Stengel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-stengel/)

> [You can't go out to the mound, hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-stengel/you-can-t-go-out-to-the-mound-hobbling-and-take-a-pitcher-out-with-a/)

[Casey Stengel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-stengel/)

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