I wanted to be a part of something special and contributing to the launch of a new league was very exciting to me.

I'm already in the (record) books three or four times.

It's always exciting that you can rub elbows with some of the greatest players who have ever played the game, and just being around the "family" again from baseball.

I have to play baseball to make me happy. I have to be an athlete. But when it's all said and done, I'll be a normal father. A normal-type house man.

I'm disappointed about how my career ended.

Rickey got a big ranch. Rickey got a big bull. Rickey got horses. Rickey got chickens and everything. And Rickey got a 20-gallon hat.

If you look at some of the people in the Hall of Fame, my numbers are compatible.