Best: Joe Buck explores ‘Sports and Celebrity’ Monday

As my son once said when he was passing a Joe Buck filled TV screen..."Dude’s got a thin head.”

On taking advantage of HBO allowing naughty words:

“I think that would be a big mistake because of what you said before: I’ve built up a 15 or 16 year reputation at Fox Sports of doing things clean and doing things the right way. I can’t always control what a guest is going to say. They can say whatever they want, but it’s not going to come flying out of my mouth because that’s not who I am.

“I was there for [last year’s Buzz Bissinger/Will Leitch confrontation on Costas’ show] and that obviously was not what Bob’s about. But having a colorful guest and someone who might get upset, that’s good, compelling TV and something you don’t see on network television. You set up the opportunity and if they walk through it, they walk through it.”

On his limited schedule of doing Fox’s weekly baseball game:

“I think I’m doing 12. That’s typical for the last couple of years. This is my third year of that schedule. When I first started at Fox baseball our game of the week picked up at the end of May. Now it picks up with Week 1.

“Fox and I go over the schedule and see where I’m best used. Once you get into early August you’re into preseason NFL and those are nationally televised games, so then my focus shifts to football. My schedule on Fox is not affected by this [HBO show] at all. They know that’s my main job.”