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I think there's more of opportunity to win games in the National League than the American League because there are more decisions to make.

I think it's very, very tough to compare postseason and in-season, just for the simple fact that there's the heightened levels of energy on both sides of the ball.

Baseball gets better for whatever reason.

The league, I think, is doing well. It's growing, it's maturing, and it's becoming a better league.

Baseball has better opening days and All-Star Games than the N.F.L. does. Ours stink.

Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.

When you talk about the American League, you think of Fenway. When you talk about the National League, you think of Wrigley and the fan base that they have in Chicago.

I don't like to compare clubs or players from way back. It's different today. Your ballparks are better. In the days when I played, we had eight teams in each league. Now you have more.

If you can achieve winning a league championship, that, to me, is the full test of the team and management because it is over the full season and you have a lot of problems you have to overcome.

Comparisons are really no good in sport, especially if it is a comparison between different eras and generations, for there are so many variables that come into play, starting from the quality of the opposition to playing conditions.