And welcome back to the site of the 1993 All-Star Game. Oriole Park and Camden Yards. We're discussing a number of issues. And I guess free agency, something that Bobby and Barry have experienced in Frank Down the Road, something you'll have to think about. Barry, let me start with you on this. I don't know, man. That mean, what can you say? It's up to the owners. Basically, they own it. It's their thing. All right, we'll be back with Bobby, Barry, and Frank. We'll discuss role models. And also, the proposed playoff format. What they think of that coming soon. We'll be back in a moment on the All-Star Roundtable. Don't go away. MUSIC Classic here at Oriole Park and Camden Yards. And we're talking to some of the All-Stars who are performing in that. Now, next year, baseball has proposed a new playoff format with two teams making it from each division. Actually, a wild card team in the following year, owners have proposed that the players' association still has to vote on that. But what do you think of a wild card team and an expanded playoff format? No, no, you don't like it. I like it just the way it is, really? Yeah, two teams of each division and two teams of the other division and then go head to head. And the next team, you know, you go head to head in the world series. I don't understand it. I don't like it. Like basketball or something. Big too many. Yeah, that's too many. Bobby, how about you? I feel the same way. I think I believe that that's what makes baseball so special. That grind that we go through. And it's a special feeling. Sometimes, you know, the constellation is you don't get anything but that to believe that you're there and you was part of that playoff. How about you, Frank? You're great. I disagree. I would like to see more teams in the playoffs. Because I'm just one of you. Well, definitely. And every other sport, there are a lot of teams in the playoffs. I think the team that runs away early, like the Giants right now, I mean, they could follow part of the second half, they could walk very buzz 200 times the second half. And that then happens, you know? So I just feel the top two teams should then buy a good playoffs and let them go at it. Because at the end of the year, you know, that the team on top, maybe not the best team that's playing right now. The game should be played. Yeah, you think that we'd have to say. I mean, they can work that out. I think we'll be playing until January. That's true. They can shorten the season 150 games, 145 games. I'm like that's been discussed. And at least the regular season before the playoffs. How about Charles Barkley says, not a role model? With the amount of attention that you players are given, the publicity and the exposure. Do you think you should be role model? I think you got to understand where Barkley's coming from. No, I'm serious. You got to realize he's trying to say, hey, don't put your kids responsibility on me. What happens is, you got to raise them. Let's not lose the fact that you got to take the time with the kids and make sure that you raise them, right? I think that's what he's basically saying. That's the message that Bob and Veneer receive when he heard about it. All right. Well, how about their players' responsibility than just for their own image? There's no responsibility there. But just like Bob was saying, we're not here to raise your kids. But we got to keep a positive image going, because these kids really do look up to you. And you can look at the hotel today and see how the kids are lined up for hours trying to get an autograph. And I love kids, so I can deal with it a little better than most guys can. Yeah, you have a one-year-old baby. So you feel though, you do have a certain responsibility to treat. Yeah, you do. But I think people don't see the whole picture. I think everybody's taking part shots at Barthly, but they're not looking at the whole picture. If you want to lead, by example, you pay money to go to Baseball game, and you pay your money for them people to entertain you. Your ticket doesn't say autographs. Your tickets don't say that we're role models. Your ticket doesn't say your ticket just says, pay to see the show, all-player. And then we're ball players. But I do think that we owe something to them and as an example for society, because we are public property. We are national commodity or people or whatever you want to call it. In a sense, I don't want, it's like people that go through parental situations. Don't blame your parents for you going out to rob that store over there, because your parents didn't have nothing to do with it. You did have made a mistake on your own. Don't blame a baseball player because they had a scuffle over that one incident when that kid accidentally had that accident with that child over there. Don't blame us for that. Right. Those are the words Barry Bonds will be back with Bobby and Frank Ann Berry in just a moment. I'll go away. This is the All-Star Monday night here on ESPN. Chris Burman and the All-Star, Gala, then the home run Derby. We have part of that. I'll protect heroes of baseball and sports center follows. We thank Barry Bonds, Bobby, and Frank Thomas for being with us. Enjoy yourselves in the second half. We'll enjoy watching you. I'm Chris Myers. Thanks for being with us. We'll see you next time.