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8 quotes by Larry MacPhail

This article is about a former baseball executive. For the retired soccer player, see Larry McPhail Leland Stanford "Larry" MacPhail, Sr. (February 3, 1890 – October 1, 1975) was an American lawyer and an executive and innovator in Major League Baseball (MLB). He served as an executive with several professional baseball teams, including the Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees. MacPhail's sons and grandsons were also sports...
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I should contribute generously to the war chest of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. But, I do not contribute at all.

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Day baseball is now dead for all practical purposes. Sooner or later, the game will be played in its entirety at night, and as I've said before... →

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I decided that I wanted a farm back in 1940 when I was with the Dodgers. I tried to find one within commuting distance of New York.

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The big tragedy in baseball is that the amateur spirit has gone out of it to a large extent.

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It had been my idea that a combination of purebred cattle and horses could be successful from an economic standpoint - in Maryland. Maryland is not a... →

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The danger in a brood mare band is that your mares become antiquated, and you wake up some day and realize that the average age of your band is 15 or... →

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The only way you can obtain brood mares on a basis you can afford is to buy two or three yearling fillies every year and race them. The good ones... →

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When I was a kid in Michigan, I used to play ball with a town team on Sunday. Of course, I'd go to church first. Played the church organ, as a... →

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