Quote by Casey Stengel Download Open image ““Plea to the early 1960's NY Mets. "Can't anyone here play this game?”” — Casey Stengel ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“The Mets have heart and character, and I need a man who can root for the underdog. I refuse to sleep with a Yankees… — Jennifer Probst Copy Share Image
“Everywhere I went during those days, the streets were filled with talk of the Mets. It was one of those rare moments of unanimity when everyone was thinking about the same thing. People walked around with transistor radios tuned to the game, large crowds gathered in front of appliance store windows to watch the action on silent televisions, sudden cheers… — Paul Auster Copy Share
I said to myself I've got to go up there and do it because the New York Mets keep winning every day. The game… — Sammy Sosa Copy Share Image
I knew that the Mets had never had a no-hitter. I never had one. This is very special. I knew this means a lot… — Johan Santana Copy Share Image
Obviously, being a diehard Mets fan, my passion is a given, but I also love playing baseball. I hadn't been able to participate since… — Jim Breuer Copy Share Image
This was a new recognition that perfection is admirable but a trifle inhuman, and that a stumbling kind of semi-success can be much more warming. Most of all, perhaps, these exultant yells for the Mets were also yells for ourselves, and came from a wry, half-understood recognition that there is more Met than Yankee in every one of us. I… — Roger Angell Copy Share
We're in such a slump that even the ones that are drinkin' aren't hittin'. — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
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… — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
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… — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball. — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who drink milkshakes don't win many ball games. — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
If you walk backwards, you'll find out you can go forwards and people won't know if you're coming or going. — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
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… — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It's that they stay out all night looking for it. — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
Two hundred million Americans, and there ain't two good catchers among 'em. — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image