How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Pop scanned it. "Where in blazes did he get the figure of three thousand dollars?"
"It was for a five thousand minimum but the Judge said I already missed one-third of the season."
Pop burst into scornful laughter. "Sure, but that entitles you to about thirty-three hundred. Just like that godawful deadbeat. He'd skin his dead father if he could get into the grave." (2.45-47)
Roy's innocent and naïve when he finally signs with the Knights, and we can see here that he was so desperate for a contract, any contract, that he took a really measly salary just to pay. Even then, the Judge cheated him out of part of it. This is Roy's introduction to the kind of questionable behavior he's going to see.
Quote #2
"The Judge is trying to push Pop out of his job although he has a contract to manage for life—that's what the Judge had to promise to get that ten per cent of stock. Anyway, he's been trying everything he can think of to make things tough for Pop. He has by his sly ways forced all sorts of trades on us which make money all right but hurt the team." (2.186)
Any hardcore sports fan knows that the only thing that's good for the team is a win. Even if the team is making more money or getting more publicity by losing, the real deal is to win. So when Judge makes decisions that hurt the team to benefit himself, he's seen as a dirty, rotten scoundrel. It just goes against the ethics of baseball.
Quote #3
He said he wouldn't exactly call the Judge a thief but he wouldn't exactly call him honest either.
[. . .] "When triple talk is invented," Pop said bitterly, "he will own the copyright." (4.36)
We can tell that Pop's just being polite. The point is that the Judge is a deceptive, wily character and shouldn't be trusted.