Eight Men Out (1988)
Clifton James: Charles Comiskey - The Owners
Quotes
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[the owners are discussing the commissioner's job with Judge Landis]
Judge Friend : We felt that with your record of service, and with the high esteem the public...
Charles Comiskey : We need a commissioner. Someone outside of baseball who'd have certain powers to rule...
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis : Absolute power.
Charles Comiskey : Absolute powers?
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis : Won't work any other way. People won't believe it. Absolute power.
Charles Comiskey : Well, anyhow, we felt that the man that cleaned the Reds out of the country during the war was the right man to clean up baseball. We are prepared to offer you a two-year contract...
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis : Lifetime contract.
Judge Friend : Lifetime?
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis : A man worried about his job - is bound to play favorites. Now you gentlemen don't want that do you?
Charles Comiskey : Well a lifetime contract seems...
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis : [slaps flyswatter down on the desk] I'm back in the courtroom in 5 minutes gentlemen, let's talk salary.
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Eddie Cicotte : You said if I won 30 games this year there'd be a $10,000 bonus.
Charles Comiskey : So?
Eddie Cicotte : I think you owe it to me.
Charles Comiskey : Harry, how many games did Mr. Cicotte win for us this year?
Harry : 29, sir.
Eddie Cicotte : You had Kid bench me for two whole weeks in August. I missed five starts.
Charles Comiskey : We had to rest your arm for the series.
Eddie Cicotte : I would have won at least two of those games. You knew that.
Charles Comiskey : I have to keep the best interests of the club in mind, Eddie.
Eddie Cicotte : I think you owe me that bonus.
Charles Comiskey : 29 is not 30, Eddie. You will get only the money you deserve.
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Austrian : What's important is that your business, baseball, is going to take a shellacking at the ticket window unless you and you fellow-owners make the public think that you are absolutely clean in this matter.
Charles Comiskey : How do we manage that?
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Charles Comiskey : We felt that the man that cleaned the Reds out of the country during the war was the right man to clean up baseball.
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Charles Comiskey : A man who, in the dark days of the last great conflict, made use of his official trust to fight the Hun on these very shores. A patriot of the first order.