"These next six months I really want to focus on baseball," he said.

Both television companies are said to be losing a lot of money on baseball.

But we're not going to go into this series and lose our focus on baseball.

But he has not turned his back on baseball, or managing.

They quickly settled on baseball as the subject, but then came the hard part.

I'm trying to concentrate on baseball and do my job.

There were times the last couple of years when I was going through personal problems and couldn't concentrate on baseball.

"But they gave me the opportunity to focus on baseball and go from there, so I appreciate it."

He has a novel approach of not talking much and simply focusing on baseball.

"I'd rather concentrate on baseball than have to deal with that stuff."