>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR "NEXT UP."

WE TALK TO COMMUNITY LEADERS.

THIS GUY IS NOT JUST A COMMUNITY LEADER, HE'S A NATIONAL LEADER.

HE'S DONE THE PLAY-BY-PLAY FOR 23 EASIER, NATIONALLY TELEVISED.

SIX SUPER BOWL.

HE'S IN THE NFL HALL OF FAME IN CANTON, OHIO.

EIGHT EMMYS.

"NEW YORK TIMES" BEST SELLING AUTHOR.

HE COMPLETED A PERFECT CAREER BY APPEARING ON "NEXT UP," ON NINE PBS.

JOE BUCK, HOW THE HECK ARE YOU?

>> HOW ARE YOU?

>> THIWHAT A DISTINCTION, CONGRATULATIONS.

>> IT WAS PART OF MY SPEECH.

I TALKED ABOUT BEING ON "NEXT UP."

NOW TO CHECK THIS BOX, I CAN PRETTY MUCH GO TO MY ETERNAL REST.

>> I CAN MATCH MY REGIONAL WITH YOUR EIGHT NATIONAL.

>> WE DON'T NEED TO TALK.

EMMYS AND THAT OTHER STUFF.

>> YOU CAN'T FIND IT ANYMORE.

THEY DIDN'T MAKE THEIR MONEY BACK.

>> HAVE YOU BEEN TO A LIBRARY?

>> NO.

NOT IN THE A WHILE?

[ LAUGHTER ] >> ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREATS, FORMER BROADCAST PARTNER MIKE SHANNON PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 83.

YOU PROBABLY CAN WRITE A BOOK ON MIKE SHANNON.

>> I LOVED HIM.

I WAS SO LUCKY, WHEN I LOOK BACK.

I GREW UP IN THE BACK OF THAT BOOTH, LITERALLY.

I WAS DOWN EVERY NIGHT IN THE SUMMER.

DOWN THERE DURING SCHOOL NIGHTS.

HANGING AROUND WITH HIS SON, DANNY, MAKING TOO MUCH NOISE.

WITHIN TEN YEARS, I'M HIS BROADCAST PARTNER.

FOR HIM TO WELCOME ME INTO THE BOOTH THE WAY HE DID, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL GESTURE ON HIS PART.

IT DIDN'T CENTER TO BE -- IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY.

I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL.

>> I USED THE QUOTE THAT YOU HAD ON TWITTER ABOUT YOUR DAD TAUGHT YOU EVERYTHING YOU KNEW ABOUT BROADCAST, HE TAUGHT YOU BASEBALL.

YOU KNEW HOW TO PLAY BASEBALL.

>> YEAH.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT'S GOOD TO MAKE THAT DISTINCTION.

I THINK BASEBALL AND ALL THAT GOES INTO MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.

I KNEW ABOUT BALL STRIKES AND THE OTHER STUFF.

IT WAS THE NUANCE STUFF THAT I THINK YOU SEE OFF TO THE SIDE.

IF YOU'RE MIKE, HE HAD SUCH A KEEN EYE FOR WHAT HE WAS WATCHING.

HE WAS AWARE OF ALL NINE DEFENSIVE PLAYERS.

HE WAS AWARE OF THE LINEUP.

HE WAS BASICALLY MANAGING GAMES FROM THE BOOTH.

I KNOW THE SHANNONISMS, IT IS LONG AND DISTINGUISHED.

HE WAS EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT, VERY COMMON SENSE SMART MAN.

>> AND A UNIQUE STYLE.

WHEN PEOPLE LIKE YOU SUCCEED, LOT OF BROADCASTERS EMULATE YOUR STYLE.

SAME IS TRUE WITH YOUR DAD, BOB COSTAS.

YOU CAN'T REALLY CLAIM THAT MIKE SHANNON BORROWED SOMEONE'S STYLE.

THAT'S KIND OF REFRESHING WHEN YOU HEAR THAT.

GUYS WHO DON'T FIT THE MOLD.

DIDN'T COPY ANYBODY.

NOBODY IS GOING TO COPY THEM.

>> WHEN TONY ROMO BURST ON THE SCENE WITH THE NFL COVERAGE, IT WAS LIKE YOU NEVER HEARD ANYBODY ELSE DO A GAME.

MOST PEOPLE GET INTO IT TRY TO SOUND LIKE OTHER PEOPLE.

I WOULD SAY THAT LOT OF PEOPLE KIND OF SOUND LIKE JOHN MADNIISH ON THE NFL COVERAGE.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE SAY, HOW MANY BEERS SHANNON HAD THE BOOTH.

NONE.

THAT WAS HIS MIND.

SOMETIMES STUFF CAME OUT LITTLE SIDEWAYS.

THERE WAS SOME WEIRD LOGIC BAKED INTO WHAT THE HECK HE WAS SAYING.

THAT'S THE WAY HE SAW THE WORM.

IT MADE HIM ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING GUYS.

>> DO YOU MISS BASEBALL?

EVERY OTHER WEEK, THERE'S A COMMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE, I WISH JOE BUCK WILL DO BASEBALL IN ST. LOUIS.

>> MY COMMENT TO THAT, WHERE THE HELL YOU PEOPLE WERE WHEN I WAS DOING IT?

DO I MISS IT?

LITTLE BIT.

I'M GETTING ITCHY SITTING AROUND WAITING IF THE NFL SEASON TO START.

I'M USED TO WORKING A LOT.

I HEARD MY DAD SAY TO SOMETHING -- AS I STARTED TO GROW AND DO MORE AND MORE EVENTS, LIKE MAN, HERE I AM BACK AT THE AIRPORT.

NOW IT'S LIKE, CAN I GO TO THE AIRPORT AND GO SOMEWHERE AND WORK?

YEAH, DO I MIS-- MISS BASEBALL?

I DON'T MISS 9 AND 21.

>> DID YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAD TO AT TIMES LIKE THIS PUT KIND OF A HAPPY FACE ON IT?

IN OTHER CITIES THEY JUST PILE ON.

>> IT KIND OF POINTS OUT THE WHOLE DIFFERENT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GAME AND THE LOCAL GAME.

THE LOCAL GAME, YOU GOT TO KIND OF GO WITH SOFT APPROACHES FROM TIME TO TIME.

WHEN THE TEAM IS NOT PLAYING WELL, THEY ARE NOT PLAYING WELL, YOU KIND OF HAVE TO SOFT PEDAL IT.

MY THOUGHT WAS, IF YOU CAN'T BE HONEST WHEN IT'S NOT GOOD, PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO BELIEVE YOU WHEN IT IS GOOD.

THAT WAS MY DEFENSE TO MANAGEMENT.

I ONLY GOT CALLED ON CARPET ONE TIME AS AN ANNOUNCER.

I WAS LIKE HEY, THE TEAM NOT GOOD NOW.

IT'S A DIFFERENT JOB.

IF I WAS DOING THE NATIONAL GAME, YOU TALK ABOUT THE ANGELS FOR THREE DAYS AND YOU'D HAVE PROBABLY NOT NICE THINGS.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING ON WITH THIS TEAM?

I THINK IT'S STARTING ROTATION.

IT AFFECTS DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE TEAM.

IT MAKES EVERYBODY SQUEEZE LITTLE BIT.

LINE-UP WISE, WE GOT A TON OF TALENT.

I WANT TO SEE JORDAN WALKER BACK HERE.

I WANT TO SEE THAT KID SOAR.

I THINK YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH SOME OF THE MISTAKES THAT A YOUNG GUY WILL MAKE.

THAT GUY NEEDS TO BE IN THE LINE-UP.

MATTHEW SHOULD BE IN THE ROTATION.

THESE MY OPINIONS.

I THINK THE STARTING ROTATION IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

THAT HAS EVERYBODY PRESSING ON THE TEAM.

>> AM I CRAZY?

I STILL THINK THAT THE CARDINALS CAN WIN THE DIVISION?

>> THEY'RE NOT CHASING THE '27 YANKEES.

IT'S PIRATES AT THE TOP OF THE DIVISION.

IT'S BEEN A ALONG TIME AND THEY ARE PLAYING WELL.

I DON'T KNOW THEY ARE BUILT FOR THE LONG HAUL.

THE PITCHING GOT TO GET BETTER.

>> HOW DOES A GUY PREPARE FOR A BROADCAST WHEN YOU HAVE 100 MILLION VIEWERS?

THAT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE LOW WHEN YOU COUNT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WATCHING THE SUPER BOWL THESE DAYS.

IT'S LIKE 112 MILLION.

DID YOU EAT BEFOREHAND?

>> IT'S LIKE THE AGE-OLD THING, WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T LOOK DOWN.

YOU HAVE TO FIGHT THE URGE TO THINK ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE AUDIENCE.

IT SHOULD BE NO DIFFERENT THAN DOING THE NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OR A GAME IN SEPTEMBER OR A MINOR LEAGUE GAME I DID IN LOUISVILLE.

I SHOULD PUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF EFFORT INTO EACH BROADCAST.

WHEN YOU KNOW 100 MILLION PEOPLE ARE WATCHING, YEAH, IT WILL MAKE YOU A LITTLE HESITANT AND RETHINK EVERYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH UNTIL YOU GET IN THE FLOW OF THE GAME AND YOU JUST DO THE GAME.

>> SUPER BOWL IS A LONG WAY AWAY.

WHEN YOU GO INTO FOOTBALL MODE?

WHEN IS THE REQUEST THAT OKAY, YOU'RE NOW WORKING AGAIN?

IS THAT JULY?

>> I GOT TO BE HONEST, IT'S HARD THESE DAYS WITH PLAYER MOVEMENT, SALARY CAP ISSUES.

WE JUST HAD THE DRAFT.

IT'S HARD TO TAKE DAYS OFF.

I TRY TO READ SOME ABOUT EACH TEAM IN THE LEAGUE PRETTY MUCH EVERYDAY.

IF I WAS HOOKED UP TO A LIE DETECTOR NOW, I SAID I READ IT EVERYDAY, THAT WILL BE A LIE.

I THINK ONCE JULY CAMP IS HAPPENING, AUGUST, I'LL DO A PRESEASON GAME, SEPTEMBER, YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

YOU CAN'T BE LIKE, OH HAY, IT'S THE FIRST WEEK OF THE NFL SEASON, LET'S SEE WHO THE COWBOYS DRAFTED.

YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT.

I WENT TO THE SUPER BOWL IN L.A. MY DAUGHTER WANTED TO GO WITH HER BOYFRIEND.

I BOUGHT FOUR TICKETS.

IT WAS A LOT OF MONEY TO SEE GAME I DIDN'T CARE ABOUT.

>> WITH THE SUCCESS AND POPULARITY.

>> WE ARE A GREAT FOOTBALL TOWN.

>> WILL THE NFL EVER COME BACK TO ST. LOUIS?

>> I WOULD NEVER SAY NEVER.

I THINK THIS WHOLE LAWSUIT AND $900 MILLION OUR WAY PROBABLY DOESN'T HELP THE CAUSE.

I THINK THE PROOF IS HOW MANY PEOPLE WALK THROUGH THE TURNSTILES IN THE BATTLE HAWKS GAME.

I WORKED AT ESPN, I HAD A EXECUTIVE SEND AN ARTICLE ABOUT THIS INCREDIBLE RESPONSE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY HERE IN ST. LOUIS.

I HAVE ALWAYS SAID, THIS IS A GREAT FOOTBALL TOWN.

NOT JUST A GREAT SPORTS TOWN, GREAT FOOTBALL TOWN.

WHEN THE RAMS WERE GOOD, THAT WAS A HARD TICKET TO GET.

TO GET IN THAT DOME.

I THINK A NATIONAL CROWD FORGETS THAT.

I WOULD NEVER SAY NEVER.

>> IF I CAN JUMP IN QUICKLY.

WHEN THE RAMS WERE ABOUT TO LEAF, YOU WERE OPENLY CRITICAL OF STAN KROENKE AND HIS ATTITUDE TARREDS ST. LOUIS.

DID THAT HURT YOU POTENTIALLY?

>> I GOT UP TO THE LINE.

I GOT UP TO THE EDGE AND LOOKED OVER AND SAW THE END OF MY CAREER AT THE BOTTOM.

I WALKED BACK.

HE AND I HAD A MOMENT.

I WALKED UP TO HIM, I SAID WHAT I SAID.

I MEANT WHAT I SAID.

I THINK AT SOME POINT IT'S NOT UP TO STAN TO SAVE THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO GET BETTER IT DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS.

HE WAS THE OWNER OF THE TEAM.

HE TOOK THEM TO LOS ANGELES.

I HAVE TO RESPECT THAT.

WE HAD OUR LITTLE HANDSHAKE AND EVERYTHING IS GOOD WITH THAT.

I TOOK MY CAREER INTO MY OWN THUMBS TWEETING ABOUT THAT STUFF.

THERE'S PLENTY -- WE HAVEN'T MADE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE IN THE BROADCAST BOOTH.

I DIDN'T MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE KROENKE FAMILY AT THAT TIME.

WE'RE GOOD NOW.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOU GOT TOO MUCH TIME ON YOUR HAND.

I WENT THROUGH A PERIOD LIKE I GOT TO TAKE THE GIRLS TO SCHOOL AND I HAD SOME TIME.

IT WAS KIND OF COOL.

SEEMS LIKE YOU HAD LITTLE BIT OF THAT YOURSELF.

I HAD TWO SETS OF KIDS, I GOT DAUGHTERS IN THEIR 20s AND TWIN BOYS.

WITH MY FRIENDS GOING TO WORK EVERYDAY, I WAS WORKING ON THE WEEKENDS.

MONDAY THROUGH MOST OF FRIDAY, I WAS INVOLVED.

I HAD MORE TIME WITH MY KIDS THAN ANY OF ANY FRIENDS THEN.

I STILL THINK, I KNOW I HAVE MORE TIME WITH MY KID BECAUSE OF MY SCHEDULE NOW THAN ANYBODY ELSE.

MY WIFE, MICHELLE AND I WENT TO THE BOY'S SCHOOL TODAY AND DID A PARENT ACTIVITY WHERE WE HAD 5-YEAR-OLDS INTERVIEW ONE ANOTHER.

IT DIDN'T GO OVER BIG.

[ LAUGHTER ] ONE OF THE KIDS WAS LIKE, ARE YOU WE GOING TO DO ANYTHING FUN?

WE TRIED.

>> OUR MUTUAL FRIEND, AARON SHANNON, DAUGHTER OF MIKE SHANNON, ONCE SAID, WHEN SHE WAS GROWING UP, SHE'D BE AT A TABLE IN A RESTAURANT AND PEOPLE COULD COME UP AND HUG HER DAD.

THEY WANTED TO SEE MIKE SHANNON FROM THE WORLD SERIES TO BROADCAST BOOTH, HE WAS A BIG DEAL IN ST. LOUIS.

SHE POINTED OUT, THE FRIENDLY FAN WAS TIME AWAY FROM HER TIME WITH HER DAD.

ARE YOU CONSCIOUS ABOUT THAT WITH YOUR KIDS?

>> YEAH.

I'VE NEVER NOT WELCOMED SOMEBODY UP TO OUR TABLE TO SAY HELLO.

I HAD A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT WITH MY DAD.

WHEN WE WOULD HAVE OUR FAMILY DINNERS, WE SPENT TIME WITH BOB FROM ARKANSAS WHO MET MY DAD IN 1968.

HE WANTED TO COME BACK AND SAY HI.

GO AHEAD AND PUM A CHAIR AND NICE TO MEET YOU >> BOB: FRO BOB FROM ARKANSAS.

I TRY TO CARRY THAT.

>> MY MOM -- THIS IS A FEW YEARS BACK -- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] I TOLD MY MOM, I DON'T KNOW HOW PEOPLE LIKE JOE BUCK DO IT.

I'M ON THIS HALF HOUR SHOW ON CHANNEL 9.

I CAN JUST IMAGINE BAG A NATIONAL CELEBRITY BROADCAST.

IF I WAS IN NEW YORK CITY, NOBODY KNOWS WHO I AM.

>> I GET MORE TROUBLE FROM PEOPLE IN NEW YORK CITY OR BOSTON.

THEY'RE LIKE, WHY DO YOU HATE THE YANKEES.

LIKE I DON'T HATE THE YANKEES.

IN ST. LOUIS, I WOULD SAY PEOPLE PRETTY MUCH LIKE, IT'S NOT -- I WOULD NEVER BE THAT PERSON LIKE, OH MY GOD, PEOPLE ARE BOTHERING ME.

>> I WAS IN NEW YORK COUPLE OF TIMES.

BOTH TIMES, I E-MAILED YOU ABOUT THIS, THERE WERE PROMOS FOR JOE BUCK ON TELEVISION.

IT WAS FOR THE NFL.

YOU WERE ON THE PROMOS.

I REMEMBER BACK IN 1998 I WAS IN GERMANY, THAT WAS THE McGUIRE RACE.

THERE WAS JOE BUCK ON TELEVISION.

LAST FALL, I TURNED ON THE TELEVISION IN BRANSON, WHO'S ON?

JOE BUCK.

>> EVERY TIME I G -- >> CAN YOU ACTUALLY GET AWAY?

>> WE DO GO TO EUROPE FOR THAT REASON.

I'VE NEVER BEEN STOPPED IN EUROPE BY ANYBODY GOING, HEY, HOW ABOUT THE SOCKS.

WHY DO YOU HATE THE SOCKS.

IT JUST BLEND IN.

>> LET'S TALK A LITTLE FOOTBALL, SOCCER.

YOU GOT TO BE AMAZING THE EXPANSION TEAM THAT WE HAVE AND HOW PEOPLE ARE GAVI GAVIN GRAVITATE TO THEM.

>> I THINK IT'S GREAT.

IT POINTS OUT THAT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE TAYLOR FAMILY AND ALL THEY'VE DONE FOR THE CITY, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE WOULD BE.

LAYING OUT THAT KIND OF CAPITAL TO BRING THE TEAM HERE, TO BUILD THASTADIUM AND YOU SEE WHAT POPS UP AROUND THEM.

I THINK IT'S A MEANS TO AN END.

I'M BLOWN AWAY.

I WANT TO GO TO A GAME.

I BOUGHT MLS PACKAGE ON APPLE PLUS OR APPLE TV.

I WANT TO FOLLOW THE TEAM.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT FEATHER IN OUR CAP AS A CITY.

IT'S ANOTHER SOURCE OF PRIDE FOR US IN WHAT I THINK IS A GREAT CITY.

>> I THINK YOU DONE A LOT FOR THE CITY.

JUNE 5th IS THE NEXT JOE BUCK CLASSIC.

YOU BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS.

YOU BRING IN TOP MOVIE STARS AND ATHLETES.

I KNOW RUSH LIMBAUGH USED TO FLY IN.

>> HE DID ON HIS OWN DIME.

>> YOU LITERALLY RAISED MILLIONS FOR THE JOE BUCK IMAGING CENTER.

>> WE KIND OF MADE THAT PART OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AS USER FRIENDLY AS IT CAN BE.

WE TRY TO MAKE IT FUN.

I REMEMBER AS A KID, WHEN MY WIFE AND I WERE DOWN THERE LOOKING AT BASICALLY EACH OTHER GOING, WHERE OUR NATALIE WAS BEING TESTED FOR CYSTTY FIBROSIS.

I'M WATCHING INCREDIBLE DOCTORS AND CAREGIVERS.

I THOUGHT IF I'M IN POSITION WHERE I CAN GIVE BACK, THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE I WANT TO GIVE BACK.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT CAME TO PASS.

HERE WE ARE 21 OR 22 YEARS LATER, RAISED 9 OR $10 MILLION.

>> I KNOW YOU GET ASKED TO DO A LOT?

>> YEAH.

NOBODY GOT ASKED TO DO MORE THAN MY DAD.

MY DAD WAS LAYING THERE IN BARNES HOSPITAL FOR SEVEN MONTHS, STILL RAYING MONEY WITH A POSTER HE MADE TO BENEFIT MATTHEW'S DICKEY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

HE WAS A GIVER.

HE TOOK EVERY EVENT HE COULD.

HE WAS AT EVERY SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT, FUNDRAISER.

I SAW THAT IN HIS WILLINGNESS TO NEVER STOP TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

I TRIED TO DO THAT AS WELL.

>> YOUR DAD IN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY, "THAT'S A WINNER" HE SAID THE HOUSE ALWAYS WIN.

HE GAMBLED A BIT.

HE THOUGHT THAT YOU SHOULDN'T GET INTO A CASINO IF YOU'RE ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.

HE WROTE THAT.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE LEGALIZATION OF SPORTS GAMBLING IN MISSOURI?

>> IN MISSOURI.

IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S EVERYWHERE AROUND US.

IT'S KIND OF SILLY FOR SOMEBODY TO GET IN THEIR CAR AND DRIVE ACROSS A STATE BORDER A PLACE AND BET AND DRIVE BACK AND HOPE THEY WIN.

IT'S EVERYWHERE.

IF THE TAX DOLLARS THAT COME OFF IT GO TO SOMETHING GOOD, I'M ALL FOR IT.

I KNOW THE CARDINALS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING HARD FOR IT.

IF IT'S ALL AROUND US, I FEEL LIKE, MAY BE THAT'S NOT A GREAT REASON.

I'M NOT AGAINST IT.

>> EVERYBODY LOOKING AT THE SHOW, LOOKING AT ME NOW.

[ LAUGHTER ] I LOVE IT.

I'M THE HUSTLER THAT GOES OAF THERE IN ILLINOIS.

BUT NOT THAT OFTEN.

IT'S SILLY.

>> WHAT'S THE ARGUMENT AGAINST IT?

>> THE STUDY SHOW, JOE, LOT OF AMERICANS, MOST OF THEM DON'T HAVE $600 FOR EMERGENCY.

WE'RE KIND OF SANCTIONING A SPORT WHERE THE HOUSE ALMOST ALWAYS WINS.

>> THOSE PEOPLE COULD NOT GET TO ILLINOIS TO PLACE THEIR BET?

>> DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SANCTION SOMETHING, YOU'RE KIND OF SAYING, AT LEAST IN INDIRECT WAY, THIS ACTIVITY IS OKAY.

>> I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

BUT, OKAY.

ALONG THOSE SAME LINES -- [ LAUGHTER ] >> I DO NOT HAVE THE GAMBLING GENE.

THANK GOD, IT SKIPPED.

MY KIDS ARE GOING TO GAMBLE YOU KNOW WHAT OFF.

>> YOU MAKE A GREAT POINT.

I FEEL LIKE IT'S KIND OF -- >> CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG.

COW OUT OF THE BARN.

NOT COMING BACK IN.

>> I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT.

>> IN YOUR BOOK, YOUR DAD WOULD FIGURE OUT HIS NET WORTH.

IF YOU GAVE YOU A PEN, YOU CAN DO THAT NOW?

>> NO.

I'M A MORON.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I HAVE AND WHERE IT IS.

MY CPA, COLLEGE ROOMMATE, MY ACCOUNTANT, HE'S LAUGHING, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW.

>> "NEW YORK TIMES" SAYS YOU ARE ONE OF THE HIGHEST PAID SPORTS BROADCASTER.

>> WELL, HELLO.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> LOOKING FOR YOUR NAME ON THAT LIST OF ATHLETES THAT CAME OUT.

>> I'M NOT.

IT'S NEYMAR AND THEN ME.

I'M NOT ON THAT LIST.

>> WE HAVE FOUR MINUTES UNTIL WE WRAP UP.

>> I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

>> IT'S IN MY CONTRACT.

>> JOE, YOU ALWAYS RESIDED IN ST. LOUIS.

>> ARE YOU ASKING FOR MY TAX RECORD?

[ LAUGHTER ] I LIVED IN ST. LOUIS MY ENTIRE LIFE.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I WOULD EVER LEAVE.

LIFE IS GREAT HERE.

I WISH THERE WERE MORE FLIGHTS COMING IN AND OUT OF OUR AIRPORT.

OTHER THAN THAT, LIFE IS GOOD.

WHEN I'M HERE, I'M RELAXED.

BECAUSE I'M HOME.

IT'S IN MY DNA.

>> I WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK TO BASEBALL.

THE NEW RULE.

YOU LIKE THEM?

THE PITCH CLOCK?

>> I DO.

TWO YEARS TOO LATE.

>> EXACTLY.

YOU GET HOME 45 MINUTES EARLY.

>> SOMTHEY COULDN'T DO IT THEMSELVES, THE PLAYERS.

IT'S LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO MANDATE A PITCH CLOCK.

OKAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO A SHIFT.

FOR A WHILE NOW, EVERYBODY HAS BEEN ON ONE SIDE OF THE INFIELD, NOBODY SHOWN THE ABILITY TO HIT IT THE OTHER WAY.

THEY HAD TO LEGISLATE AGAINST ALL OF THAT STUFF.

I'M FOR IT.

THAT MEANS VERY INTERESTING.

>> BILL WHITE SAYS HE USED TO LEAD IN THE NINTH INNING DRIVE HOME.

DID YOU EVER DO THAT AND LET YOUR PARTNER TAKE OVER?

>> THIS IS LIKE THE HARRY CARY WILL FARRELL.

>> YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW LONG THE GAMES WERE.

>> I CAN HONESTLY SIT HERE AND SAY, I HAVE STAYED TO THE COMPLETION OF EVERY GAME THAT I BROADCAST.

>> LINE OF THE NIGHT, THAT WILL BE ON TWITTER.

>> LET ME SEE WHAT I MADE PEOPLE MAD ABOUT.

THE FACT THAT I WAS OKAY WITH GAMBLING.

>> I ALWAYS REMEMBER, MIKE HAD THEM TOO.

MAN, YOU CAN'T SAY STUFF LIKE THAT.

>> YOU WALKED FEW THING BACK THROUGH THE YEARS?

>> NOT TOO MUCH.

>> GOOD FOR YOU.

WE'RE ALSO PROUD TO BE LIKE BASKING IN YOUR GLORY AND YOUR REFLECTIVE GLOW.

TREMENDOUS, THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOE BUCK.

>> HONOR AND PLEASURE.

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