>> steve rogers, bobby bonilla, b.j. surhoff. >> i'm not going to name any names. everybody could say the best baseball players were those that were playing when they were 8 or 9 years old. i can say with confidence the best players playing the game are right now the quality of the training, the skill, the fitness have gotten to the point where -- and the fact that we're more inclusive than we've ever been, if you go back to the history of the game before african-american player were playing, before international players were playing. i'm not going to name any names. the quality of the game today is as high as it's ever been. >> if you were trapped on a desert island, which two mlb owners would you most prefer to be with? [ laughter ] . >> let me think.

[laughter] >> steve rogers, bobby bonaire, tony clark. [laughter] >> i am going to be a little bit political here and not name any names. i can say that everyone takes the best players are the ones that were playing the game and they were seven or eight years old. i can say with confidence that the baseball players of all-time that are great are playing right now. the quality of their training, the skill of the competition has gotten to the point where the players -- and the fact that we are more inclusive than we have ever been if you go back to the history of the game before african-americans to play, before we had the best international players playing. i'm not going to name names, everyone has their own opinions. i can say with confidence that the quality of the game today is as high as it's ever been. >> if you were trapped on a desert island, which do mlb owners would you most prefer to be with? [laughter] >> let me think. the challenge here. [laughter] >> is does the owner want to be on the list or not? that's what i have to figure

[laughter] steve rogers, bobby pineda. [laughter] tony clark and bj surhoff.i'm going to be a little bit of politics here and not name any names. i can say everybody thinks the best baseball players are those playing the game and they were seven, eight or nine years old. but i think i can say with confidence the best baseball players of all time are those playing the game right now. the quality of their training, of their fitness in the skillet competition has gotten to the point where the players and the fact we are more inclusive than we've ever been if you go back to the history of the game before african-americans could play. i'm not going to name any names. everybody has their own opinion. but i can say with confidence the quality of the game today is as high as it has ever been. >> if you're trapped on a desert island, which to mlb owners would you most prefer to be with? [laughter] >> said the challenge here is doesn't own or want to be on that list are not on that list is that i have to figure out. maybe time warner would be a good choice because he is

[laughter] >> steve rogers, bobby -- [laughter] [applause] ronnie clark and b.j..i'm going to be held it politics and not name any names. i could say that everybody thinks the best baseball players are those playing the game when they were seven, eight or 9-years-old. but i think i can say with confidence the best baseball players of all time are those playing the game right now. the quality of the training, of their fitness, of the skill of the competition has gotten to the point where the players and the fact that we are more inclusive than we've ever been a few back to the history of the game before african-americans could play before we had the best international players, i'm not going to name any names. depravity has their own opinions but i can say with confidence the quality of the game today is as high as it has ever been. >> if you're trapped on a desert island, which mlb owners would you prefer to be with? [laughter] >> so, the challenge here is does the owner wants to be on that list is what i have to figure out. well, maybe tom warner would be responsib

steve lombardi with the bases loaded and two outs. it goes to left side, drops in and rick ankiel and roger bernadina score. the nats score four in the inning and defeat the astros 6- 3. strasburg get the win. he's 2 -0. his pitch count tonight? 93. >> pretty good start. i took him farther than i wanted to and he's probably -- it probably took a little bit out of him throwing the 108 pitches second time out. he was going on pretty good, you know. he got out of that rough inning. he came back. >> don't go anywhere. >>> when we return it's the end of the road for a local wizard, plus highlights from the wiz and the bulls. stay with us. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began. got my bearings. ♪ a little bird told me about a band. ♪ an old man shared some fish stories. ♪ ooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but i still got to see her. we talked for hours. ♪ everyone else buzzed about the band. music, stories, adventures, memories. ♪ ...all at my fingertips. ♪ there's a wireless mind inside all of us. ♪ so, where to next? ♪ . >>> today the wizards released guard mason jr. and tonight the wizards took on t

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you know when all of this was going on with steve jobs it was an overhang on stock. how ill is he. what's the rogers, et cetera. i think looking back the board may have chosen to do that differently. i think it's interesting what whitney just said. what does it say about your morkts. our average investor holds the stock for four months, not exactly long term. what does you want say about the market when warren buffett's unique and irreplaceability revolves around his ability to make logical decisions, unswayed by the ups and downs of the market. that's a paraphrase of what whitney said. it's too bad that that's so unique. making logical designates not swayed by the detail i ups and downs of the market. >> seems common sense. >> it seems that's how you make money over the long term. >> carly will be with us for the rest of the program. whitney thank you for joining us. >> and eric cantor will talk about job creation and much more. here's a look at futures. "squawk box" will be right back. between black and white answers... ...and 1,000 shades of grey duff & phelps finds the sweet spot that powers so

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