Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living.

A fellow has to have faith in God above and Rollie Fingers in the bullpen.

It's a character-builder to be a fan of the Chicago Cubs.

I live and die with the Chicago Cubs.

Kieran Richardson played for England last summer in Chicago and did very well but views himself as an England player and comes in and wants more money. I don't buy the argument that international appearances add value to a player - they come in and ask for more money. We are not a selling club and we seldom sell international players.

I guess when I was a kid, there was no Major League Baseball except in Chicago and Cincinnati,