John Helyar > Quotes

“I drew on the treasure trove of Dodgers literature to assist in my portrayals of Walter O’Malley, Branch Rickey, and Larry MacPhail. Of most note were Bums by Peter Golenbock; The Lords of Baseball by Harold Parrott; Rickey & Robinson by Harvey Frommer; The Roaring Redhead by Don Warfield; The Dodgers Move West by Neil J. Sullivan; and The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn.”
― John Helyar, The Lords of the Realm: The Real History of Baseball

“Pirates owner and real estate baron John Galbreath owned a horse named Roberto as well as a ballplayer of the same name, and the two meant about the same thing to him.)”
― John Helyar, The Lords of the Realm: The Real History of Baseball