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6 quotes found searching on Position: President
We accidently won too many games last year.
John McHale
Detroit Tigers
President
I'm still not sure (Collins) was the problem down there. It's more like a day-care center than a major-league clubhouse. Somebody said to me, 'You can't trade 25 guys.' I said, 'Why not?'
Tony Tavares
Anaheim Angels
President
Use of the video replay is not an acceptable practice. Pulli was acting in good faith but made a mistake.
Len Coleman
None None
President
National League
The chalk lines which enclose the coaching boxes were added to the field diagram after Charles Comiskey had demonstrated their necessity. Comiskey and (fellow coach) Bill Gleason used to plant themselves on each side of the visiting catcher and comment on his breeding, personal habits, and skill as a receiver, or rather lack of it. This solicitous attention did not add to the efficiency of the backstop, so for the sake of not unduly increasing the population of the insane asylums or encouraging justifiable homicide, the coacher's box was invented. This helped out the catcher, but the pitcher and other players on the opposing team were still at the mercy of Comiskey, and I know of no man who had a sharper tongue, who was in command of more biting sarcasm, or who was quicker at repartee.
Around 1910
James A. Hart
Chicago Cubs
President
Baseball isn't a business, it's more like a disease.
Brooklyn Dodgers
President
HOF 2008
It's like what they talk about in baseball as a mystical kind of experience; a patch of green in the middle of a city where you can withdraw and your cares go away.
Bob Rich, Jr.
Buffalo Bisons
President
Class AAA International League
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