Do we need to have 280 brands of breakfast cereal? No, probably not. But we have them for a reason - because some people like them. It's the same with baseball statistics.

Television is full of fictional and real violence that's turned into entertainment.

I would never encourage my children to be athletes - first because my children are not athletes and second because there are so many people pushing to get to the top in sports that 100 people are crushed for each one who breaks through. This is unfortunate.

Television is full of fictional and real violence that's turned into entertainment. It's an interesting phenomena and I tried to put it in perspective and tried to think through a few of the real questions that this sometimes unseemly business raises.

Crime stories show us the part of people's lives they try to keep hidden.

Well, stealing bases adds some runs but very few, and you lose most of the runs that you gain by having runners caught stealing.

I made baseball as much fun as doing your taxes!