Quotations

«[On a day it was revealed that Barry Bonds might be called to testify at a House committee hearing investigating steroid use in baseball, Commissioner Bud Selig hinted he might at some point do his own investigation of past steroid use.] I'll do that in a very sensitive manner. I'm sorry. I don't agree with naming names and hurting people. You can get to the truth in a different way, ... Maybe when a definitive history is written someday, long after I'm gone, we can make some sense of this. But there are a lot of players being named who deny it emphatically. I believe in the sense of fairness.»

«A lot of guys feel that way. They won't say it like I will, though.»

«I have been saying for some time that my goal for this industry is zero tolerance. We are acting today to help restore the confidence of our fans in this great game.»

«Physical contact between player and fan in any fashion will not be tolerated.»

«but only if the number is high enough so we don't hurt the kids coming along in the next generation.»

«This was a day many people never thought would happen, ... And there were a lot of moments that there was a lot of justification for that.»

«The issue here was competitive balance, ... I feel this deal clearly deals with that.»

«It would be unfair and terribly unsettling for them to be half a world away -- away from their families at this critical juncture.»

«My feet are cold,»

«Our only concern, ... is that if the rain got so bad that it made playing farcical.»