Chet Huntley Quotes

The Dodgers to me are the Yankees of the National League.

I don't have hate in my heart. I don't hate any person, place or thing...but I hate the Yankees.

In the American League, there seems to have been an entire lack of any concerted campaign to build up a club in New York which should rival the Giants on an even basis.

San Francisco. The one team that everyone in LA hates.

As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because... you either loved them or you hated them.

When I was a teenager and my brother Frank was in the World Series in '57 and '58 against the Yankees, Braves winning in '57 and the Yankees in '58, little did I know the next time these two teams would meet in the World Series, I would be managing the Yankees.

Hating the Yankees isn't part of my act. It is one of those exquisite times when life and art are in perfect conjunction.

I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.

I can't be the Mayor of L.A. I hate the Dodgers. I'm a Yankee fan. Yankee fans can't ever root for the Dodgers.

Here's the thing: I had never been to Boston, my whole life. Probably because I'm a Yankee fan.

The best under-the-radar rivalry is Dodgers-Giants. I had no idea how deep that one was until I moved to California... that one goes waaaaaaaaay back, and both sides absolutely detest each other. Fights in the stands, fights in the parking lot, the whole thing. It's every bit as bitter as Yankees-Red Sox without nearly the same hype.

I love being a Yankee, and it's hard not to. It's a special place to play.

Why do the Yankees always win? The other team can't stop looking at the pinstripes.

I grew up an Indians fan my entire life. I was never really 'against' the Yankees, but I knew what they were capable of.

I had my boy in Boston on Easter Sunday. That kills me, from a sports perspective. He's a Boston baby and I'm a New York guy.

Hating the Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax.

People grow up loving the Yankees and will tell you, and so many people despise the Yankees, and they come from all over the United States.

I like the Dodgers because my dad does - wait, no, not the Dodgers. Strike me down! The Yankees. I like the Yankees.

I became a Yankees fan for a few years. But now, I gotta say, I'm really rooting for the Red Sox.

I love baseball. As a teenager, I was a contrarian and picked the underdog instead of just rooting for the Yankees. It's a hard team to root for, but there's something that always keeps me hopeful.

I have family and friends who are strong Cardinal fans, and they are having a tough time since I signed. They want to root for me, but rooting for the Cubs is next to a sin.

I hate baseball. It's dull. Nothing happens. It's like watching grass - no, Astroturf - grow

Wait until Tommy Lasorda meets the Lord and finds out He's wearing pinstripes

I wasn't ever much of a Yankee fan.

I never got to see the '27 Yankees. Everyone says that was the greatest team ever. But I think it would've been a great series if we'd have had the chance to play them.