I Love Talking About Baserunning.

A Good Friend Of Mine Took Me Out And Had Me Hit Off A Tee. He Made Me Understand What Was My Strike Zone And - With My Speed - The Importance Of Making Contact. So I Give Him A Lot Of Credit For Changing My Game And Making Me The Player I Became. He Showed Me How To Work On Me And My Game, And Not Worry About Patterning Myself After Someone Else And Focusing On What They Were Capable Of Doing Rather Than What I Was Capable Of Doing.

When I Was Growing Up, My Favorite Player Was Reggie Jackson - And I Never Got The Opportunity To Get An Autograph From Reggie. I Was So Frustrated. I Mean, He Was My Idol. And I Couldn't Get No Autograph. I Would Go Through Punishment Waiting On Him (after Games) Because He Was Always The Last Guy To Come Out. And I Would Go Back Home With No Autograph.

I Patterned Myself After Reggie Jackson. I Wanted To Have That Same Swing And Hit Some Homeruns. When I Was Down In A-ball, I Was Trying To Be Reggie Jackson And I Was Striking Out All The Time. And I Was Like, 'this Isn't The Way Reggie Is Doing It, So I Got To Change.'

This Is Rickey Calling On Behalf Of Rickey. Rickey Wants To Play Baseball.

Oakland Is Home, And You Always Want To Go Home. Anytime You Get The Chance, You're Happy To Go Home.