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The Mets have shown me ways to lose I never knew existed.

Speaking as manager of the New York Mets

Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel
New York Yankees
Manager
HOF 1966

Now this is over thirty years later, and the guy said he was that cab driver. He apologized and he was serious. I felt awful. He might have been spending his whole life thinking he had jinxed me, but I told him he hadn't. My number was up.

Recalling the conversation he'd had in the 1970's with the cab driver who took him to the ballgame on 7/17/1941 in which his record 56-game hitting streak came to an end -- during that cab ride, the driver told him he thought the streak would end that day

Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio
New York Yankees
OF
HOF 1955; a.k.a. "Joltin' Joe"

Gettin' good players is easy. Gettin' 'em to play together is the hard part.

Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel
New York Yankees
Manager
HOF 1966

Hell, if I'd known 40–40 was going to be a big deal, I'd have done it every year!

In 1988, when José Canseco became the first MLB player to reach the "40-40 club" with 42 home runs and 40 stolen bases (Mantle's career best for stolen bases in a single season was 21)

Mickey Charles Mantle
New York Yankees
OF
HOF 1974; a.k.a., "The Commerce Comet"

I know just where you are, Joey. You're not too far. But don't go the other way, come this way.

To Joe Garagiola when he phoned Yogi to get directions to his house in New Jersey

Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra
New York Yankees
Catcher - OF
HOF 1972

Why should I? I was there.

When asked if he had read a biography someone had written about him

Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra
New York Yankees
Catcher - OF
HOF 1972

The sun don't shine on the same dog's ass all the time.

During postgame questions after giving up four home runs and losing 6-1

James Augustus "Catfish" Hunter
New York Yankees
Pitcher
HOF 1987

Tony Perez is a big clog in their machine.

While speaking with writers before the 1973 playoffs about the Cincinnati "Big Red Machine"

Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra
New York Yankees
Catcher - OF
HOF 1972

There goes Family Day.

In 1973 when pitchers Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich announced that they had switched wives

Lee MacPhail
New York Yankees
General Manager

I heard Bill Buckner tried to commit suicide over the winter. He stepped in front of a car but it went through his legs.

William Frederick "Billy" Gardner
New York Yankees
2B

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