i had my fatal encounter, as did rick ankiel.s an element to everybody's story, their low point. do you want it enough and are you lucky enough. >> while his injury has kept him off the playing fields and courts, he's pursued another competitive outlet -- chess. >> which lights you up more, baseball or chess when you are in the game? >> there is no comparison. it is chess. >> do you still play chess? >> no, i gave it up. it is an addiction. >> completely? >> it is a poison. i mean, you reach a point when you are on the internet, middle of the night and playing speech or realize you are in a hotel room and drinking aqua valva. >> your book was to be on things other than politics but it didn't turn out that way. why? >> in the end all of the things in life depend on getting politics right. >> you say, politics, baseball, lead to politics. >> furthery what a great physicist who poses a question. there are millions of habitable worlds out there, so there have to be thousands and millions of civilizations. why have we never heard from