The chairman of the board of the Dodgers will take his place along with Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis and Babe Ruth as probably one of the three most vital forces in baseball history. Commissioner Landis restored a sport almost destroyed by the Black Sox scandal, the Babe elevated the game to a place of public esteem and O’Malley was baseball’s catalyst in its expansion and unprecedented acceptance.
Bob Hunter
VALLEY NEWS, AUGUST 10, 1979