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Old 07-27-2009, 10:13 AM  
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Originally Posted by Rangermoore View Post
I Have met Rickey many time when I lived in the bay area when he played for the As. He along with other players were very "ME First" kind of guys.. Rickey never did anything to give back to the community while he was in oakland. The year he held out for more money, He just made himeself look even worse...Remember this speech.. he was talking to a reporter from a local tv station about his holding out.." They just gonna look around and say bing bing where he at" That was rickey at his best.. what a joke... Just my 2 cents..
He isn't getting put in the hall of fame for his community service. While he might be selfish he was a hell of a ball player. No one is going to touch that stolen base record.
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