I love the fans, I love the game of baseball, and I love Cincinnati baseball.

I never picked up my phone and called a bookmaker and bet on a baseball game from the clubhouse. Never.

I love the game of baseball.

Mr. Selig looked at me and said, 'I want to know one thing. Did you bet on baseball?' ... I looked him in the eye. 'Sir, my daddy taught me two things in life -- how to play baseball and how to take responsibility for my actions. I learned the first one pretty well. The other, I've had some trouble with. Yes, sir, I did bet on baseball.'

The game of baseball is better when the Dodgers are playing well, just like when the Yankees are playing well, or the Cubs, the Phillies, the big-name teams.

I had an addiction to play baseball.