When did Rickey start talking in the first person? I don't like it. Source ]"Teams won't give me tryouts because most of them know I'll make the club," Rickey said Tuesday, on assignment here as a baserunning coach for the New York Mets. "If I don't make a club, I know I'm done. But I've still got that question mark. Look out here." Rickey gazed around Roger Dean Stadium. "I can play with these kids." ]There was another. Julio Franco is still playing, too, and Rickey couldn't seem to understand how Franco received a two-year contract with the Mets and he can't even get a minor-league deal. "He hasn't accomplished as much as I have, and that's why he got it," Rickey said. "I know I have way more tools than he has." ]An exchange between an autograph-seeking fan and Rickey on Tuesday: "Rickey, I've been a fan of yours for so long." "I believe you." "Can I have your autograph?" "No." "No?" "Remember me as a player?" "Yeah." "Well, I'm a coach now. And I gotta coach." And Rickey laughed like mad.