Hall Of Famer Pedro Martinez Coaches David (Pig Papi) Ortiz Ntawm Induction Hnub Sunday Hall Of Fame Tham

Cov kiv cua ntawm Minnesota Twins tsis muaj ntau yam txaus siab txog txij li xyoo 1991 Ntiaj Teb Series.

Tsis tsuas yog Tony Oliva thiab Jim Kaat mus rau hauv Baseball Hall of Fame Hnub Sunday tab sis kuj yog David (Big Papi) Ortiz, uas ua si rau Twins ua ntej pib ua haujlwm ntev raws li lub hnub qub raug xaiv los ntawm Boston Red Sox.

Ntawm cov neeg saib qhov induction ntawm Chav Kawm 2022 yuav yog Rod Carew, uas pib nws txoj haujlwm nrog Minnesota, thiab Pedro Martinez, zoo li Ortiz ib haiv neeg Dominican uas tau pib txo qis rau hauv txoj haujlwm zoo.

"Kuv thiab Pedro rov qab mus," Ortiz hais rau cov neeg sau xov xwm ntawm Clark Sports Center hnub Saturday. “Peb muaj ntau yam nco.

"Nws hais lus qhia kuv yuav ua li cas - tsis txhob hnov ​​​​qab qhov twg kuv tuaj tab sis kuj muaj kev lom zem."

Ortiz thiab Oliva yog intertwined. "Peb muaj ntau qhov kev sib txuas hauv Minnesota," tus txiv neej lub npe hu ua Big Papi tom qab nws tus cwj pwm loj dua lub neej. “Nws yuav nyuaj txaus thiab nws yuav muaj kev xav.

“Boston yog kuv lub tsev thib ob. Kuv xav txog nws txhua hnub. "

Ortiz tau hais tias nws txaus siab los nkag rau hauv Hall of Fame nrog Oliva. “Tony yeej ib txwm nyob ntawd. Nws ib txwm xav tau qhov zoo tshaj plaws rau peb, ”nws hais ntawm nws tus qub Twins teammate. “Nws yog ib qho kev qhuas uas tau mus rau hauv Hall ntawm tib hnub.

"Kuv pom ntau tus neeg Minnesota uas kuv tau ua nrog thaum kuv xub mus rau cov pab pawg loj." Ortiz qhia nws thiab Martinez tham txog Kirby Puckett lig, lwm lub hnub qub hauv Minnesota uas tau mob hauv Cooperstown.

Tawm mus thiab ua si nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm lub rooj sib tham xov xwm, Ortiz hnav looj tsom iav dub sab hauv tsev thiab tso dag tias nws tsis xav kom tus neeg sau xov xwm nug ib lo lus nug.

"Tsis yog nws," tus qub slugger hais thaum tus saib xyuas Craig Muder xaiv tus neeg sau xov xwm nrog tsa tes.

Yav dhau los, Ortiz tau lees paub nws cov phooj ywg Twins pab nws ua lub hnub qub. "Kuv ib txwm xav ua kom kuv cov phooj ywg nyob ib puag ncig kuv," said Dominican.

"Yog tsis muaj kuv cov phooj ywg, kuv tsis xav tias kuv tuaj yeem ua dab tsi."

Raws li Ortiz, ballplayers muaj kev sib raug zoo.

Nws tau hais tias "Rov rov qab mus rau kuv hnub Minnesota, txhua txoj kev hla Boston, nws yog kev sib raug zoo, ib yam li nws nyob hauv Cooperstown," nws hais. "Peb tau tsim nws thaum peb ua haujlwm."

Oliva, tib tug txiv neej los yeej tau yeej lub npe batting nyob rau hauv ob qho tib si ntawm nws thawj ob lub caij, credit rau lub lig Minnie Minoso rau paving nws txoj kev.

"Nws ua si hauv Cuban Winter League thiab yeej zoo li Jackie Robinson ntawm no hauv Asmeskas," said Oliva ntawm tus qub outfielder, uas tseem yuav raug coj mus rau lub asthiv no.

“Thaum Minoso ua si, nws nyuaj me ntsis. Peb nyob hauv cov tsev so sib txawv thiab noj hauv ntau lub tsev noj mov. Tab sis kuv tsis ntseeg tias nws yog kev txi. Baseball yog ib txoj haujlwm. "

Oliva thiab Carew yog cov phooj ywg ua ke rau 10 xyoo nrog Twins.

"Peb muaj lub sijhawm zoo," nws hais. "Kuv nco qab hauv '61 peb tau ua si hauv Pab Koomtes Qhia Ntawv ua ke."

Tus cwj pwm zoo siab tau pab Oliva kov yeej qhov zoo thaum ntxov, tsis muaj npe nrov. "Kuv muab 100 feem pua," nws hais. "Kuv lub hom phiaj yog ua si pob hauv tebchaws Cuba, nyob rau lub caij ntuj no Baseball League hauv Havana.

“Tab sis kuv muaj hmoo. Koj yuav tsum muaj hmoo yog lawv muab sijhawm rau koj ua si. "Koj yuav tsum muaj sijhawm los txhim kho thiab cia cov kws tshawb fawb pom koj thiab kos npe rau koj. Kuv tsev neeg thiab kuv txoj hauj lwm kuj yog yam tseem ceeb tshaj plaws rau kuv. "

Oliva tau tshaj tawm tias nws tus tij laug tau txais kev tso cai los ntawm tsoomfwv Cuban tam sim no mus koom nws Hall of Fame induction. Oliva tau sau tseg tias "Nws yeej tsis muaj sijhawm pom kuv ua si (hauv qhov loj),".

Rau Jim Kaat, tus thib peb nyob inductee hauv Chav Kawm 2022, sib koom ua koob tsheej nrog Oliva ua rau nws nco ntau dua.

"Kuv paub Tony zaj dab neeg rov qab, yuav ua li cas nws raug tso tawm thaum lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav kev cob qhia hauv 1961 tab sis rov qab los ua Rookie of the Year hauv 1964 thiab txhua xyoo All-Star.

"Nws lub luag haujlwm hauv cov pab pawg loj yog qhov nyuaj dua li kuv."

Kaat tau hais tias nws tau tshaj tawm rau Pab Koomtes Qhia Kev Qhia uas hnav lub tsho Washington Senators nkaus xwb kom muaj kev hloov pauv mus rau Twin Cities nyob rau tib hnub. "Kuv zoo siab heev uas cov Twins tsis tau poob lawv cov franchise yog li kuv tuaj yeem mus tau zoo li Ntxaib," nws hais txog nws pab pawg qub, uas yuav luag yog tus neeg raug tsim txom los ntawm kev cog lus.

Kaat tau hais tias nws txo nws lub sijhawm Induction Hnub hais lus mus rau 11½ feeb, tsuas yog plaub hau ntev dua li pom zoo. Nws tau hais tias nws daim ntawv caw suav nrog 91-xyoo-laus McKeon, nws tus thawj coj hauv pab pawg me hauv xyoo 1958.

"Jim Thome yog kuv thawj zaug hu," nws hais txog nws qhov kev xaiv tsa, "tab sis tom qab ntawd kuv tau txais kev hu zoo los ntawm Sandy Koufax. Qhov ntawd txhais tau ntau heev rau kuv. “Hnub tom qab kuv tau xaiv tsa, kuv tau hu xov tooj los ntawm Willa Allen, Dick tus poj ntsuam. Yog tias pawg neeg (Eras) ​​tuaj yeem pov npav rau tsib ntawm peb, kuv xav tias Dick yuav tau txais. "

Kaat, uas yeej 16 lub hnab looj tes ncaj nraim li lub pitcher, hais tias nws tau theej nws qhov kev ua haujlwm zoo los ntawm Bobby Shantz, yav dhau los ntawm Philadelphia Athletics. Kaat txiv tau rooted rau pab neeg ntawd.

Ted Williams lig kuj muaj kev sib txuas rau Kaat, uas tau hais ntawm 1997 kev mob siab rau Ted Williams Qhov hauv Boston. Kaat hais tias nws tau txais Williams tawm ib zaug.

Tus tshaj tawm xov xwm ua tiav txij li nws hnub ua si tau xaus, Kaat tau hais txog 1991 Ntiaj Teb Kev Sib Tw Twins ua tus kws ncaws pob hauv zos ua ntej dhau los ua tus tshaj xov xwm hauv xov xwm.

Tus tshaj tawm rau xyoo 1998 Yankees, Kaat tau hais tias pab pawg yuav yog pab pawg zoo tshaj plaws uas nws tau pom hauv 35 xyoo dhau los. Thaum nws koom nrog pab pawg ntawd, tus thawj coj Bob Lemon tau hais tias, "Koj puas npaj txhij mus ntaus?"

Kaat ib txwm zoo li npaj txhij, txawm tias sim txuas ntxiv nws txoj haujlwm thaum muaj hnub nyoog 45 xyoo ntawm lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav kev cob qhia camp ntawm Pittsburgh Pirates. Ntawm nws qhov induction tseem tos, Kaat tsuas muaj ib qho kev tawm tswv yim:

"Kuv txo hwj chim ntau dua li zoo siab los ntawm nws."

Tsis tas li ntawd yuav raug coj mus rau hnub Sunday, nyob rau hauv lub hauv paus tom qab, yog Negro League pioneers Buck O'Neil thiab Bud Fowler; yav dhau los Brooklyn thawj baseman Gil Hodges; thiab Minoso, tus neeg tawm tsam uas ua si feem ntau rau Chicago White Sox thiab Cleveland Indians.