I believe this has to be done sooner rather than later, ... If you ask me what sooner means, I don't know sitting here today, but I know this is a problem that is not going to go away. |
I can't think of an analogous situation, ... A player goes out on the field, tosses cameramen around - not one, not twice, but three times - unprovoked by these people, by his own admission. To me, that is just absolutely unacceptable. |
I don't believe in that, ... Ichiro was given a season to set a record and if he gets it, I will honor it with all the respect it deserves. This is an amazing accomplishment that Ichiro is pursuing. There will be no asterisk, I can assure you of that. |
I don't believe in that. Ichiro was given a season to set a record and if he gets it, I will honor it with all the respect it deserves. This is an amazing accomplishment that Ichiro is pursuing. There will be no asterisk, I can assure you of that. |
I don't have any plans to (meet with Bonds) now. This story has just happened. I want to be very careful as to how I respond. |
I don't know how else to say it. |
I don't know how we could use it to improve the job that umpires do, ... The human element in sport has always been a big part of the game. I'm a football fan, too, and I hate instant replay in the NFL. Football games are taking four hours. |
I don't regard the channel in any way shape of form as competitive. I regard it as an additional complement to everything else we've done. |
I don't regard this as an interim step, I regard this as the completion of a long process. |
I don't think people realize how big this is going to be, ... I don't know if I'll be around, but years from now it will be really big. It has huge potential. |
I don't think that's true at all. There's no facts to support that and we're doing everything we can. We've taken care of the present future. Senator Mitchell has complete autonomy to go do whatever he has to do, wherever he has to go. In the meantime our minor league program is in its sixth year. |
I don't want to embarrass him. We've played trivia for a long time. He's good, but... That's all I'll say. |
I guess none of this is unexpected. I'm saddened by it in the sense that opening day was such a good, positive day. Every game was sold out. It was really a great baseball day. But controversy will spawn with that type of activity, whether I like it or not. |
I guess people are aggravated because (wild cards) have won three world championships in a row. But frankly, the commissioner is not one of them. |
I have a great deal of confidence today that this will satisfy any concerns they have, ... I'm proud of what the game has done to get to this point. |