Casey Stengel on Ryne Duren

Back in my childhood, I had a Ryne Duren baseball card. He was noted for his very thick glasses and blazing fastball - not a combination that made hitters want to dig in. In his inimitable manner, Casey Stengel, the great baseball sage, said, "I would not admire hitting against Ryne Duren, because if he ever his you in the head you night be in the past tense."