Eight Men Out (1988)
John Anderson: Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Quotes
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[the owners are discussing the commissioner's job with Judge Landis]
Judge Friend : Well we're in search of someone uh...
Charles Comiskey : We feel that we need a commissioner who will clean up baseball and give a new face to the sport. We're prepared to grant you certain powers...
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis : Absolute powers
Charles Comiskey : Absolute powers?
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis : Won't work any other way. People won't believe it. Absolute powers
Charles Comiskey : Well we're prepared to give you a 5 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 sounds a little...
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis : [slaps flyswatter down on the desk] I'm due back in the courtroom in 5 minutes gentlemen, let's talk salary.
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Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis : Regardless of the verdict of juries... no player who throws a ball game... no player who undertakes, or promises to throw a game... no player who sits in conference with a bunch of crooked players and gamblers where the ways and means of throwing a ball game are discussed, and does not promptly tell his club about it... will ever play professional baseball again.