No one ever asked what was my relationship with Bart Giamatti. We used to talk about baseball a lot as a player and a commissioner, just talk about the game, what could we do to help the game, where's the game going, he was pretty good.

I admitted I bet on baseball, but I wasn't suspended from baseball for betting on baseball.

It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.

I made mistakes. I can’t whine about it. I’m the one that messed up and I’m paying the consequences. However, if I am given a second chance, I won’t need a third chance. And to be honest with you, I picked the wrong vice. I should have picked alcohol. I should have picked drugs or I should have picked up beating up my wife or girlfriend because if you do those three, you get a second chance. They haven’t given too many gamblers second chances in the world of baseball.

If I had been busted for drugs instead of gambling, I'd still be managing the Reds and baseball would be paying for my rehab.

I would think if someone connected to steroids made the Hall of Fame, that would enhance my chances of making the Hall of Fame.

He (Eric Davis) gets power from his bat speed.....it's like he has cork in his arms.