Fred McGriff hais tias cov tub ntxhais hluas dub yuav tsum tau ntaus pob baseball lub caij ntuj no hauv Caribbean. Tus tswv cuab tshiab tshaj plaws ntawm Baseball Hall of Fame hais rau cov kws sau ntawv ntawm San Diego Lub Rooj Sib Tham Lub Caij Ntuj Sov tias kev ua si hauv Dominican Republic yog qhov kev paub loj hlob zoo.
McGriff hais tias, "Nws yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws uas tau tshwm sim rau kuv," said McGriff, kos npe ntawm 17 thiab nyob rau hauv majors tsib xyoos tom qab. "Cov kiv cua tau khaus heev uas nws zoo li Ntiaj Teb Series.
"Thiab txij li Dominican yog lub tebchaws thib peb, cov menyuam yaus uas ua si ntawd rov qab los txaus siab rau Tebchaws Meskas ntxiv me ntsis."
McGriff nyob ntawd thaum lub caij ntuj no xyoo 1984-85, thaum nws nyob hauv lub koom haum ntawm Toronto Blue Jays, uas tau txais nws los ntawm New York Yankees hauv kev lag luam tshaj tawm tsuas yog hauv hom agate. Tsuas yog xyoo tom qab ntawd nws tau tawg paj rau hauv lub hnub qub thawj tus thawj coj rau Toronto, San Diego, thiab Atlanta.
Nws kuj ua si rau Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, thiab nws lub nroog Toronto Blue Jays.
Nyob rau hauv 19 lub caij, nws ntaus 493 lub tsev khiav, sib tw Lou Gehrig, thiab yeej lub tsev khiav hauv ob lub pob. Nws muaj .284 lub neej nruab nrab thiab .377 nyob rau hauv feem pua.
McGriff qhov kev ntaus loj tshaj plaws tau tuaj rau hnub Sunday, thaum lub rooj sib tham hauv Pawg Neeg Ua Si Niaj Hnub Nyoog tau pov npav nws rau hauv Cooperstown. Nws tau txais qhov siab tshaj plaws 16 pov npav los ntawm pawg neeg tshwj xeeb ntawm keeb kwm thiab Hall of Famers, suav nrog tus qub Atlanta pab pawg Greg Maddux.
"Nws yog ib qho kev hwm zoo," nws hais thaum lub rooj sib tham xov xwm ntawm Manchester Grand Hyatt. “Nws yog lub sijhawm ua txhaum cai dev. Unanimous, koj puas paub qhov kuv hais?
McGriff yuav tsis hais dab tsi lub logo nws yuav hnav ntawm nws Hall of Fame plaque tab sis hais tias nws twb xav txog nws. Ua ntej tshaj tawm hnub Sunday yav tsaus ntuj, nws tau mus rau hauv tsev teev ntuj, taug kev ncig nws thaj tsam Tampa, thiab saib football - tag nrho ntawm kev pw tsaug zog tsawg heev.
Nws tau hais tias "Kuv tau mus txog kuv lub sijhawm," nws hais.
Thaum lub sij hawm nws ua si hnub, tus tuag tes laug slugger muaj lwm yam.
Ib tsib-lub hnub qub All-Star, nws ua tiav ntawm Top 10 hauv MVP pov npav rau 1995 xyoo sib law liag, yeej All-Star Game MVP khoom plig, thiab coj lub ntiaj teb Series nplhaib nrog XNUMX Atlanta Braves.
"Txhua qhov kev paub hauv Atlanta yog qhov txaus," said McGriff, uas koom nrog pab pawg hauv 1993 tom qab kev lag luam nruab nrab lub caij nrog San Diego Padres. "Thaum kuv mus txog qhov ntawd, peb tau 10 qhov kev ua si tawm ntawm thawj qhov chaw [hauv National League West]. Kuv tau raug mob kuv tav thaum muaj kev sib cav nrog San Francisco Giants ob peb hnub dhau los thiab tsis xav tias yuav ua si tam sim ntawd.
"Tab sis kuv pom kuv lub npe nyob rau hauv kab ntawv thaum kuv mus rau lub ballpark [Atlanta Fulton County Stadium]. Kuv tau siv ob teev nyob rau hauv chav kawm - qhov kev ua si tau ncua vim lub chaw ntau pob hluav taws - thiab thaum kawg ntaus lub tsev khiav hauv kuv thawj qhov kev ua si rau Braves.
"Peb tau rov qab zoo heev thiab ntes Giants hnub kawg ntawm lub caij nyoog tab sis poob kev ua si rau Phillies. Kev tawm tsam tau tshem tawm xyoo 1994 tom qab lub caij nyoog tab sis peb yeej txhua yam hauv 1995, thawj zaug uas pab pawg Atlanta yeej kev sib tw ntiaj teb. "
Pab neeg ntawd tsim xya Hall of Famers: Chipper Jones, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz, Maddux, McGriff, tus thawj tswj hwm Bobby Cox, thiab tus thawj tswj hwm John Schuerholz.
"Thaum Bobby kaw qhov rooj, koj paub tias koj muaj teeb meem," McGriff nco qab nrog luag thiab luag ntxhi. “Koj tsis xav ntsib qhov muag. Nws tau raug pov ntau zaus [cov ntaub ntawv 158 ejections] vim nws tsis xav kom nws cov players raug pov.
“Bobby khaws txhua tus neeg ua ke. Peb tsis tsuas muaj cov neeg ua si zoo tab sis cov neeg zoo. "
McGriff kuj tau hais tias nws nyiam ua si rau San Diego. "Tony Gwynn yog ib tug kws txawj ua khawv koob," nws hais txog Padres outfielder lig. "Nws tuaj yeem ua rau ntaus-thiab-khiav txhua lub sijhawm nws sawv. Yog hais tias lawv hloov ntawm nws, nws yuav ntaus pob ncaj qha los ntawm lub qhov qhib nyob rau hauv lub infield. Kuv muaj ntau qhov kev nco zoo ntawm kev ua si nrog Tony Gwynn.
"Cov pab pawg Padres kuj muaj Gary Sheffield, Benito Santiago, thiab lwm tus neeg ua si zoo. Cov Braves ntshai thaum lawv ua si Padres. "
McGriff tau mus rau San Diego hauv kev sib tw ua lag luam thaum lub caij ntuj no 1990 lub rooj sib tham thaum Blue Jays xa nws mus rau Padres, nrog rau Tony Fernandez, rau Joe Carter thiab Roberto Alomar.
Txawm hais tias nws mus txog Ntiaj Teb Series tsuas yog ob zaug, nrog rau xyoo 1995-96 Braves, nws tau tswj hwm 10 lub tsev khiav hauv kev ua si tom qab lub caij. Plaub ntawm lawv tau tshwm sim hauv qhov kawg.
Nws kuj tseem muaj qhov nco txog kev ua si hauv tsev thaum xyoo 1994 All-Star Game, txuas rau cuaj inning tawm tsam Lee Smith kom yeej MVP honors.
McGriff yeej tsis tau mus txog qhov xav tau 75 feem pua ntawm cov kev xaiv tsa uas xav tau rau kev xaiv tsa rau Hall of Fame los ntawm Baseball Writers Association of America [BBWAA]. Tab sis nws tau raug xaiv rau yim tus txiv neej xaiv tsa los ntawm Hall of Fame's Historical Overview Committee thiab xaiv los ntawm pawg neeg sib cais 16 tus txiv neej uas tau ntsib hnub Sunday thaum sawv ntxov hauv San Diego.
Nws yuav raug txiav txim rau Lub Xya Hli 23, nrog rau txhua tus neeg xaiv hauv BBWAA kev xaiv tsa, yuav tshaj tawm rau lub hlis tom ntej. Tus thawj coj pov npav xyoo tas los yog Scott Rolen, ua raws li Todd Helton thiab Andruw Jones.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/danschlossberg/2022/12/05/fred-mcgriff-keeps-hall-of-fame-hat-logo-a-mystery-to-be-named-later/