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51 quotes found searching on Team: Athletics
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
When he hit that first ball, I wish you were in the dugout. For him to get off to that kind of start is a fairy tale.
Art Howe
Oakland Athletics
Manager
You hear pitching coaches talking about your rookies and they'll say, "This guy is going to be a real good middle-innings pitcher."... What it really means is you never get that fourth at-bat against a great pitcher. I used to have to face Jim Palmer in maybe three or four games a year, and the first two or three at-bats against him were tough, believe me. But the fourth time up I thought maybe I had a chance. Nowadays, that pitcher is out of the game by then and you're looking at a sinker-baller like (Dan) Quisenberry or a Jay Howell throwing gas. That good last at-bat is gone.
Oakland Athletics
OF
You ignorant ill-bred foreigners. If you don't like the way I'm doing things out there, why don't you just pack up and go back to your own countries.
Charles Albert "Chief" Bender
Philadelphia Athletics
Pitcher
It was an insurance run, so I hit it to the Prudential building.
Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson
Oakland Athletics
Outfielder
HOF 1993; a.k.a. "Mr. October"
I've never heard a bat louder than his. You hear it going through the strike zone and the sound is unmistakable. It goes vump. That's when he misses.
Kenneth Smith "Ken" Harrelson
Kansas City Athletics
1B
a.k.a., "Hawk"
You know, I didn't think I was that bad a ballplayer. But they're making a believer out of me.
James Charles "Jim" Gosger
Kansas City Athletics
OF
I wasn’t going to say anything, but now I can: This is the reason Madonna and I have never dated.
William Lamar "Billy" Beane
Oakland Athletics
General Manager
It is more profitable for me to have a team that is in contention for most of the season, but finishes about fourth. A team like that will draw well enough during the first part of the season to show a profit for the year and you don't have to give the players raises when they don't win.
Philadelphia Athletics
Manager
HOF 1937
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
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