We like to encourage youth. We show them the proper way to use BB guns. If we show them the proper way to handle guns, there will be less accidents.

We like to encourage youth.

We go through an unbelievable amount of paper targets each year. We have hundreds of kids shooting each year.

Major League Baseball is a national institution and we take our responsibilities seriously when it comes to how the game affects the lives of American youth.

Major League Baseball has always recognized the influence that our stars can have on the youth of America. As such, we are concerned that recent revelations and allegations of steroid use have been sending a terrible message to young people.

There's nothing more arrogant or conceited than youth, and there's nothing other than machinery that can replace youth.