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We'll keep Flick. Maybe he isn't quite a good a batter as Cobb, but he's much nicer to have on the team.
Early 1907
Charles Somers
Cleveland Naps
Owner
Reggie, you know you're in a slump and you need help. I'm going to tell you what your problems are. Your big problem is -- you're not going to like this, Reggie -- but you think you're God. Reggie, you're all wrong. I'm God.
Charlie Finley
Oakland Athletics
Owner
This losing streak is bad for the fans, no doubt, but look at it this way -- we're making people happy in other cities.
Atlanta Braves
Owner
To compare baseball with other games is to say the Hope Diamond is a nice chunk of carbon.
Cleveland Indians
Owner
HOF 1991
Dot poy can rrrrun like a canteloupe.
In 1883
Christian Friedrich Wilhelm "Chris" von der Ahe
St. Louis Browns
Owner
I love the game dearly and wanted it to go back to the straw hat and beer days when 250 towns had minor league teams and most of them were not supported by a major league franchise. I wanted to show we could start $50,000 behind (organized baseball) and survive. It's the American dream. It's a matter of opportunity, not the almighty dollar.
Neil Oliver "Bing" Russell
Portland Mavericks
Owner
Billy, we're a small-market team, and you're a small-market GM. I'm asking you to be okay not spending money that I don't have. And I'm asking you to take a deep breath, shake off the loss, get back in a room with your guys, and figure out how to find replacements for the guys we lost with the money that we do have.
Stephen C. "Steve" Schott
Oakland Athletics
Owner
No one can keep me in Washington, not Nixon, not Cronin, not Kuhn. I will cannibalize the club if necessary. I own it and I will take it to St. Paul if I want. I have lawyers too. I will move wherever I want. Congress will not help me because of your position. I don't give a goddam if they stick you with the antitrust laws. I'll go to St. Paul, Dallas or Toronto. Goldberg is my lawyer and I'll go the whole goddam distance with you. Hoffberger is a genious. Let him figure it out. Or let Walter O'Malley and his National League friends help out. No place in Washington is safe at night and Nixon can't do anything about it. I may sell Ted Williams to Boston or Knowles, or Howard or Epstein. Ted says Washington is a horseshit town and I've gotta get out. I'll go elsewhere before I'm forced into bankruptcy like Seattle. I know I had my eyes wide open when I went to Washington, but I told the American League I wouldn't keep it there forever. If we're to save Washington, everybody has to give something: me, the players, TV and the federal government. Even the Humphrey Democrats are now hitting me. Maybe things will work out in a Cinderella way, but that's not likely.
April, 1971
Robert Earl "Bob" Short
Washington Senators
Owner
Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you. I've never seen such stupid ballplaying in my life.
April 9, 1974
Raymond Albert "Ray" Kroc
San Diego Padres
Owner
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