No matter the on-field criteria, he’s an all-timer. But what you’ll remember most about Adrián Beltré? Joy.
Former Texas Rangers third baseman Adrián Beltré holds his National Baseball Hall of Fame plaque as he waves a Dominican Republic flag after the induction ceremony at the Clark Sports Center on Sunday, July 21, 2024 in Cooperstown, N.Y.COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - It’s virtually impossible to come to this meadow on this weekend and find any fault with anything.
Look, the pre-induction interview with Bob Costas on Sunday centered around the whole head-touching thing. Then, when Beltré was introduced, fellow Hall of Famer David Ortiz popped out from behind the stage to get in a head rub. Got the crowd, estimated at 28,000 chuckling. Beltré fed into that. “I didn’t want to just keep reading,” Beltré said after his speech. “I probably improvised about 25%. I wanted to engage with people and fans. When I started doing that, it made me feel a little bit better.”So, he found Hernandez in the crowd and acknowledged that “the guy who calls himself King Félix,” had won the statistical portion of their individual matchups, but added “in baseball, you are only as good as your last at-bat. And I homered off him in my last at-bat.
“He thinks I’m forgetting him, but I’m not,” Beltre said before smiling his wicked smile and calling Andrus his compadre. “Playing next to you was really, really fun. Even if you tried to catch every pop up just to improve your fielding percentage. Unbelievable.”This was Beltré being himself. It’s something he’d mentioned over the last couple of days leading up to the ceremony.
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