Baseball won't cure cancer, homelessness, or war in Iraq.

Rob Dibble, master of prose:

"When Congress wanted to hold hearings on steroids I was amazed. Don't we have bigger problems in this country?

I had just been to Iraq six months earlier and found out there is a giant war going on. And when I was a player with the Cincinnati Reds, my teammates and I helped raise money for the homeless.

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I am a father of two children and I do get asked way tougher questions everyday. Like 'Dad, why is that man living on the street? Dad, why are all those men and woman [sic] dying in Iraq?'

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Enjoy the game, it's a distraction, it's entertainment. But I don't think it will cure cancer; I should know, my father died from cancer."