Ricky on his love for baseball: “My heart and soul was about the game.”

Topics: Today is the 20th Anniversary of him getting his 1,000 stolen base | Runs scored record means the most to him | Jimmy Rollins reminded him of himself for awhile | Jose Reyes and Carl Crawford | He was more into football growing up | Reggie Jackson was the guy for him | Lou Brock | Reggie not giving Ricky his autograph | Finally got Reggie’s autograph when he made it to the Majors and stole a 100 bases | Playing for Billy Martin | Liked Martin’s desire to win | Billy’s knowledge of the game | His and Billy’s relationship | Billy helped him steal 130 bases; not sure if he could have done it without Billy | Regrets | I really enjoyed the game | My heart and soul was about the game | Having success in the big leagues | Playing in the Independent league | Having as much fun in the Independent league as the majors | Not trying to show a player up | First homer at Yankee Stadium | That John Olerud story about his hard hat is not true | Those 3rd party stories | Replacing baseball with bass fishing right now | Working with the Oakland Athletics organization still a little bit | It’s not about the paycheck’s its about the respect of the game | Had a lot of favorite teammates | Dave Stewart, Dave Winfield, Don Mattingly, Dennis Eckersley | His opponents probably hated him |

Rickey on playing baseball: “You need to have fun.”

Topics: Home run at the Celebrity Softball game | Breaking Lou Brock’s stolen base record | Stealing 100 bases consistently per season | New game now is more focused on power | A threat on base creates problems | Derek Jeter’s 3,000 hit | Breaking records | Playing in New York | New Yorkers want to win | Pressure | Have fun | His home run trot | Referring to Rickey in the 3rd person | Talking to his bat |