Dodgers Quotes

The Brooklyn Dodgers had a no hitter last night.

This was a good series for us, ... We could have very easily taken all four. We have two months to go. We know where San Diego is, we know where the Dodgers are. We haven`t had a good run yet, this was a good start for us.

I always expected to finish out my contract with the Dodgers and hopefully finish my career in L.A. It`s pretty obvious now the team is starting to go in a different direction. If that`s the case, then I won`t stand in the way as long as it works out for me as well.

When the Dodgers left, it was not only a loss of a team, it was the disruption of a social pattern. A total destruction of a culture.

In the previous game (against the Dodgers on Aug. 29), I let everything get to me -- I let the umpire get to me, plays get to me and it threw me out of my game,

(Just this summer, he and 10 former White Sox teammates were reunited on the occasion of an interleague series against the Dodgers, the teams` first meeting in Chicago since the `59 World Series. Shaw was invited to throw a ceremonial first pitch, which landed in the dirt at the catcher`s feet.) Billy Pierce said, `You`ve got to aim at his head, throw it high,` ... I said, `Why didn`t you tell me that before?`

Now some alien force seems to have come and captured the Dodgers. I don`t know what happened to my Dodgers.

I had given up my dream of going to be with the Dodgers ... I just wanted to be the best I could be as a minor leaguer. (Bragan) restored my drive, my passion, my dream to go to the big leagues, and I`ve loved him every since.

I heard all the black people buzzing about this man in Brooklyn named Jackie Robinson. I asked who he was and they told me. Right then, I said, `I want to play for the Dodgers someday.` That was my childhood dream.

He`s a winner. In talking to guys who have been with the Dodgers, they would say they enjoyed having him as manager. He works hard at what he does, he talks to them, and you can see that their pitching and fundamentals always have been strong. With the talent we have, I don`t see any reason why he can`t continue his successful run here.

I was at that World Cup, coaching the Netherlands, and I heard somebody yelling, `Skip, Skip, Skip!` at me in a thick accent. It was this big Russian kid named Igor who was in the Dodgers camp for a while. He didn`t make it, but he could pound the ball pretty good.

We loved it. The kids have uniforms with the likeness of a cat. The cheer is like letting out a mountain lion growl. Unlike the higher leagues that have familiar names like the Yankees or Dodgers, this is unique.