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up to major league baseball, what it means to have a core player who is so invested in his team and his teammates, that he can pull a team across a whole season, given his talent as well as his generous mood in the clubhouse. the clubhouse is critical in major league baseball. he s also my son s favorite player. greatest clutch hitter in postseason history. hands down. we re starting with a treat here. we re going to start morning joe a little early. you re kidding me. this is a subject you and i are not the only ones who care about. let s introduce joe scarborough and willie geist, who are both going to weigh in now with the baseball hall of fame induction ceremony. joe scarborough, i ll hand it over to you. give us your sense, what does david ortiz mean to you? first of all, i think i speak for willie, it is an honor being on your show. thank you for having us. it s the first time we ve been on. thank you for the invite. i m happy to try to give young people in the
I don't have any problem with David Ortiz's first ballot election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame last week, and will save my comments on the hypocrisy of the baseball writers (who shouldn't be voting in these elections anyway) forming moral posses to prevent guys they don't like (Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds) from being enshrined in the museum. But I do want to say something about some of the silliest things I hear and read.
all-star, won five world series. he was a good hitter, clutch hitter and he was the face of the franchise, in many ways the way lebron james has lived up to the hype in his life, not gotten into trouble, done the right thing most of the time. derek jeter was the same way. playing as the face of the biggest franchise in the world and he never got into trouble, had some fun but did it on his own terms and just won. as he said yesterday that s all he wanted to do in his life and by all accounts, a great guy, comes from a great family, great parents and now he has a family of his own. so he he was he had the intangibles yes, but his numbers when you stack them up were incredible too. one of the things, a stat i heard over the past day or two, may have heard it from you, i don t know, but led the yankees in singles. yeah. i must say, when you re
ortiz. he got that police escort to mass general last night. you could talk about how boston is his family? well, he is a huge figure in this town. sports means a lot to this town. they ve won 12 championships and he delivered three of them and great clutch hitter and great to everybody, his fans and teammate and good to the media and surprisingly when not everybody is and he s father christmas here in boston for like 20 years now. this is his second home. they love him and they re embracing him. and the bruins are in the stanley cup final and this is the main story in sports in boston, all of boston since david was shot sunday night. you had to pivot to this from the hockey game and i ll never forget being at fenway and seeing david ortiz walking out in the middle of the field and