Stephen Rodrick Quotes

They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays.

The first time that I ever saw Babe Ruth was in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse.

Honestly, at one time I though Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean I wasn't born until 1961 and I grew up in Indiana.

With the Giants I broadcast the debut of Hall of Famer Willie Mays.

I want to be part of Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame, but I don't want to be part of the kind of Hall of Fame that's based on voters' beliefs and assumptions.

It was much more fun playing with him than against him. If you wanted one pitcher to start the seventh game of the World Series, which he did in 1945, you'd pick Hal Newhouser.

I know that there are no famous 'Doug Harvey plays.' And I'm proud of that.

Before seeing 'The Pride of the Yankees,' you may or may not know that the Yankees referred to are the ones who win the World Series each year. After seeing it you will find that the reference is indirect.

The Greatest Living Yankee is Whitey Ford, who came out of Aviation High School, which was then in Manhattan, and helped pitch the Yankees to victory in the 1950 World Series when he was 21.

I'm not sure Mark McGwire was a Hall of Famer to begin with.

When I was working on the unauthorized biography 'Stan Musial: An American Life,' which came out in 2011, old opponents recalled how Musial knew their names after they had been in the majors only a few days.

I'm the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous.

I have been blessed to win a number of awards and be involved in numerous historical baseball moments over my 20-year career with the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres.

Ted Williams is one of the best hitters ever to play the game, and I didn't get a chance to see him play, so all I could do was read books and look at pictures.

Ted Williams was the greatest hitter I ever saw, but DiMaggio was the greatest all around player.

Darryl Strawberry has been voted to the Hall of Fame five years in a row.

I know everything about Ty Cobb except the size of his hat.

If Casey Stengel were alive today, he'd be spinning in his grave.

I don't plan on writing biographies of great sports stars who are still playing ball. But I did write one on Jackie Robinson, who was playing ball in the 20th century.

When I came into baseball, I had one goal for my career - the Hall of Fame.

More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.

All ballplayers want to wind up their careers with the Cubs, Giants or Yankees. They just can't help it.

The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's perfect game.

Career highlights? I had two - I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.

To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer.