3:07 I don't think you can buy a championship. If you need one player to be the final piece of a puzzle, I can understand it. If you don't have a farm system -- the players coming up together, who have grown up together, and have gone through a 162 game schedule and all that entails -- it is difficult to win. Just look at Tampa Bay, the Red Sox, the Angels in the AL, the Phillies, Cardinals, and Dodgers in the NL, and you see the difference.

3:07 [Comment From Chad ] I know steroids takes a lot of media focus but why can't they shift their focus to "clean" players like Chipper Jones and Derek Jeter?

3:09 I think they do. When the story comes out about players on steroids, they make headlines. But when you look at the fans who go to games and the interest in baseball, the players who really draw the great support are the ones you mentioned. Fans don't talk about steroids, they're not happy about them, but when they go to the ballpark and see Chipper Jones, Jeter, Pujols and the like, they love baseball.

3:10 [Comment From Whos clean? ] Isn't it hard to call anybody clean anymore? Dick, do you have any confidence calling somebody clean on the air? I don't see how you could.

3:10 I just feel that the problems that the people like Manny Ramirez have are not prevalant in MLB.

3:11 Society has similar problems with people who are trying to break the rules, like some athletes are.

3:11 But I truly believe in my heart that they are such a minority that they can never drag down sports.

3:11 [Comment From Ivan ] Do you think Manny deserves to be part of the All-Star game?

3:12 No way. Missing 50 games when the game is played in mid-July is a pretty hefty chunk out of the first half schedule.

3:12 I think the spector of what Manny Ramirez has alledgedly done has put a major damper on his appeal.

3:13 [Comment From Richie ] Back to broadcasting...is there a young broadcaster out there that reminds you of yourself when you were his/her age? Who is the best up and comer?

3:14 I can't identify that, but I will say that Joe Buck is the finest broadcaster who has come along at his age. Now he has been around for a while now, but I have been amazed -- having been around a long time myself -- how good Joe was, is, and continues to be.