Quotes
Buzzie Bavasi
(L-R) Dodger Vice President Buzzie Bavasi and Dodger President Walter O’Malley talk in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum where the Dodgers played for four seasons. Circa 1959
Courtesy of University of Southern California, on behalf of the USC Specialized Libraries and Archival Collections
I, like so many others in baseball, will be forever grateful to Walter O’Malley for giving us the opportunity to prove we could do a job in the major leagues. As a boss, O’Malley never interfered with the organization. When he gave a man a job, he never looked over his shoulder.
Buzzie Bavasi
FORMER DODGER EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK; LOS ANGELES TIMES, AUGUST 10, 1979