61* (2001 TV Movie)

Bruce McGill: Ralph Houk

Quotes 

• Dan Topping : I was wondering if you would consider changing the lineup around?

  Ralph Houk : What do you mean?

  Dan Topping : Switching Mantle and Maris.

  Ralph Houk : You're kidding me. We're only a game up on the Tigers, the most important series of the year and you want to screw with it? What is this about, the home runs? You're reading the fan mail? You're letting the fans run the team?

  Dan Topping : The fans pay your salary, Ralph.

  Ralph Houk : Well, you can change the lineup if you want, but not while I'm manager. And I'll tell you something else, the right guy is going to break that stupid record!

• Ralph Houk : [before game 154, when Roger, breaking down from pressure, wants to sit out the game]  I'm not a sentimental type guy, but... most of us, we bang around the game for a while, then we are forgotten. Ruth, Cobb, Gehrig, DiMaggio, those guys were bigger than the game, and I know that is not what you want. But right now, whether you like it or not, you're bigger than the game. And this is your chance to go out there and show them what you're made of, and that you owe to yourself. I'll tell you what, why don't you start the game, and at any moment you want to get out, you give me a look, and I'll take you out.

  Roger Maris : Ok... sounds fair.