There were no hard feelings at all. It's not a big deal. I'm sure there are countless topics that will be mutually acceptable in the future.

You had the gold, gold, gold all but in your hand. By your folly you have disappointed everyone at home and, worse yet, NBC and its advertisers. You were showboating, weren¹t you?

I didn't think the subject matter of Thursday's show was the kind of broadcast I should be doing. I suggested some alternatives but the producers preferred the topics they had chosen.

I loved Seaver, but you have to put Clemens ahead of him. He's on a short list of being one of the greatest of all time. In my lifetime, no one was better than Koufax at his best. I would pick Sandy for one game. But Clemens is ahead of Gibson and Seaver at their best.

I didn't think the subject matter of Thursday's show was the kind of broadcast that I should be doing, ... respectfully declined to participate.

I didn't think the subject matter of Thursday's show was the kind of broadcast that I should be doing. I suggested some alternatives, but the producers preferred the topics they had chosen.