Dodgers Quotes - Page 4

• My first ball I ever got from a big-league player I actually got to purchase in Dodger Stadium in a silent auction, was Reggie Jackson.

  Pedro Martinez

  Player, League, Auctions

  "Pedro Martinez slams Don Zimmer again for 2003 bout, Zim admits fault". Interview with Adam Rubin, www.nydailynews.com. October 29, 2009.

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• I had only played five games in my senior year in high school. I was not large enough. Hell, when I graduated, I was about five foot four and weighed 120 pounds. I didn't go with the Dodgers until spring training of 1940 and I weighed all of 155 pounds soaking wet.

  Pee Wee Reese

  Senior, Sports, Spring

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• I am disappointed and disturbed by both the NFL and the Dodgers - but much more by the Dodgers.

  Zev Yaroslavsky

  Football, Nfl, Disturbed

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• Baseball has always been slow to accept change. Only through dire pressure can any radical change be accomplished. The move of the Giants and Dodgers from New York to California brought that pressure in abundance.

  Ford Frick

  Baseball, New York, Moving

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• The catch off Bobby Morgan
  (a backhanded grab of the Brooklyn Dodger's line drive in September 1951 at Ebbets Field) in Brooklyn was the best catch I ever made. Jackie Robinson
  and (Giants manager) Leo Durocher
  were the first people I saw when I opened my eyes

  Willie Mays

  Eye, People, Saws

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• A true pioneer who to me was like a father when I first came into the Dodger organization. He (Walter O'Malley) stood by me, and after my injury he stood by me and helped me through all of my crises.

  Roy Campanella

  Father, Organization, Firsts

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