Los Angeles Times (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
... and the continuity has disintegrated."The contrast is startling," former general manager Fred Claire said, referring to the eras before and after the 1998 sale. Said O'Malley: "Al's book was a cornerstone of our success, as fundamentals always are, and that continuity was also a cornerstone. I can't think of any organization in baseball which had that continuity for as long as we...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
... and the continuity has disintegrated."The contrast is startling," former general manager Fred Claire said, referring to the eras before and after the 1998 sale.Said O'Malley: "Al's book was a cornerstone of our success, as fundamentals always are, and that continuity was also a cornerstone. I can't think of any organization in baseball which had that continuity for as long as we did....
Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
... wearing a Giants hat Jackie Robinson in Heaven, watching Al Campanis on God’s TV and weeping Fred Claire giving Pedro Martinez a handshake and a plane ticket to Montreal But the one thing that symbolized the Dodgers, more than anything else, would be this: Tommy Lasorda, naked except for a towel barely covering his sweaty midsection , at the post-game buffet filling his plate with...
