re: "Today...I'm the greatest...of all time"

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Rickey had stints with the Padres and Mets in the late 90s

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Rickey did not know his teammates by name and usually called them 'dude.'

One player asked him: 'Rickey, what's my name?"
Rickey: "Don't mess with me. You know your name."

He was playing cards in the locker room with John Olerud who wore a batting helmet in the field due to a brain injury.

Rickey: I had a teammate years ago who wore a batting helmet in the field.

Olerud: Rickey, that was me.