It's a very difficult situation for Bud. I'm sympathetic to him, because it would be an investigation that somewhat would be directed at him.

This is a coup for commissioner Bud Selig. I'm surprised it's as good as it is.

I don't think Bud wants a major confrontation. On other hand he wants major changes, and that's going to lead to a major confrontation, ... The union is very well run. They win all the legal fights and baseball has to fold. There isn't much history that says the owners have a very good chance.

This market is somewhat difficult to call.

Records set now have to have some sort of a cloud and might be tainted by what [the players] have been taking, if they've in fact been taking it. But we don't know what they're taking. We still need a lot more facts.

[Then Reds owner] Marge Schott , who was cheap, didn't like the players or the manager calling long distance from the clubhouse,