"They were five years away when I got here, according to all of the baseball experts," Valentine said.

O'Malley is considered by baseball experts to be "perhaps the most influential owner of baseball's early expansion era."

Bill Chastain wrote, "Many baseball experts have called the final night of the 2011 season the best in baseball history."

Then, Gardenhire said with an impish smile, he would have heard about it from other baseball experts.

Rivera is regarded by baseball experts as one of the most dominant relievers in major league history.

Rivera has achieved a reputation as an all-time great reliever among baseball experts and fellow players.

He is considered a 19th-century baseball expert.

Indeed, some baseball experts said the agreement could ultimately help boost salaries by helping to restore balance and financial health to baseball.

If Gregory was no baseball expert, he would have to pick something simple and obvious.

"Leonard Kleinman and I are not the baseball experts."