“They wanted the route of the 101 Freeway to go south of town where Oxnard Air Force Base was, but Adolfo Camarillo had enough political pull in Sacramento that he got them to put the freeway right through the middle of town. Adolfo did not want his line of eucalyptus trees to be bypassed.” Bobby Hernandez
“The thing that really helped us beat the Yankees in the 1963 World Series is the Dodgers had traded for Bill Skowron—from the Yankees. Skowron gave a pitching report to Koufax and Drysdale so they knew exactly how to pitch to the Yankees.” Ken McMullen
“Here I sit like a piece of shit
I want to play but they’re going with a kid named Cey
I ain’t no clown—I can play in this town
So it’s not back to the bag at third
And back to the bench as a turd”Poem by Ken McMullen during his last year with the LA Dodgers
“In those days, my hair was below my shoulders. I was a grading contractor and wore a Cat hat, so every bar we hit–that hair went under that Cat hat.” Pliny Mier describing celebrating his 21st birthday in Paso Robles while simultaneously avoiding a confrontation with the badass cowboys.