An 11-year veteran, Salmon behaved like an 11-year-old as he advised reporters to watch Guerrero take batting practice.

Then Fisk advised reporters to ask Sanders what had happened.

Bonds advised reporters to focus on the team, not on him.

"Try to talk to them," Steinbrenner advised reporters.

Avoid superlatives, the editors of The New York Times used to advise reporters.

Steinbrenner also called the umpiring "less than good" and advised reporters to ask the umpires to explain themselves.

He advised younger reporters to write that the American effort "just doesn't work."

Tony Snow, the White House press secretary, advised reporters not to read anything into that, saying it was not a last-minute invitation.

He advised reporters to quote him from the radio transcript "because I'm not going to get into this anymore."

At a news conference on the matter, Rennie advised reporters not to use Twitter until the conference was over.