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If newspapers were a baseball team, they would be the Mets - without the hope for those folks at the very pinnacle of the financial food chain - who average nearly $24 million a year in income - 'next year.'

I would want to go to the future, 25 years in the future, and see if the Cubs ever win a World Series.

I really want to see the Cubs in the World Series. I really do.

I just appreciated so much the contract they gave me, and I wanted to give something back to the Cubs' organization.

I have great memories of being a Cub, and I'm happy building new ones with the Phillies.

When is it too late to say it's still early for the Cubs? Try now. Their magic number is 1998, at least until it becomes 1999, but in lieu of a present, they offer you a future.

I've said this over the years publicly - this is not a lucrative business. My goal every year is to break even with the White Sox.

I'm very, very bullish about our prospects, and as I tell our board, as I tell our employees, this is the time to invest. There's so much opportunity. Let's just invest in that opportunity, and really get after it.

The Phillies liked the work I had done with the Cubs, and really wanted me there. They were on the phone as soon as my contract was up in Chicago, and it was just a great feeling to be wanted, to be appreciated for the work you do.

My pat line about the Cubs and payroll is that the amount of merchandise the Cubs would sell off a world series championship would more than cover for a big payroll.