 He is rewriting record books that have lasted for decades, and it just feels like, for whatever reason, beyond our apathy about baseball as a sport, there's a lot of, okay, he's great, so what? And maybe it's my own tendency to get back to the pursuit of excellence. That's why I wanted to be around sports. That's what, not to be too self-important, I strive to do every time I turn on the microphone.