Well, today was, uh, a hectic hectic
day, uh, trying to get prepared for,
uh, a call that you don't know if you're
gonna get or not, you know, it,
if you guys know me and, uh, I
don't like to be sending attention and I don't like
to expect things that's not, they're not there for
you for sure. Um, but, um,
you know, get up in the morning, uh
, uh, start getting ready, uh, with
allowing cameras in the house and the family to come
over and friends and, uh, you know,
get some food for the people and, uh,
assume the call, um, because I was lucky
enough that, you know, tracking my wife and
my son was tracking the percentage of the thing,
you know, I don't, I tried to stay
away from it, um, and it looked like
we were in pretty good shape. So, uh
, that made me relax a little bit more and
, uh, and, uh, I kind of
forced myself to, to try to enjoy this moment
because it's gonna be, uh, it was gonna
be a nice moment. Probably the, one of
the last moment in baseball that I, that,
um, I was gonna accomplish, you know,
being in, in, in the pinnacle of the
game, the baseball game and being uh being allowed
to be in that podium with such a great players
and the people that admire people that they were my
idols. So, you know, uh being here
now is, is so that you can describe,
but I'm humble and I'm honored to be here and
I'm trying to enjoy uh the best, the best
of it. It means a lot. Not because
I was looking into being that person, but uh
because I always wanted to be the best I could
, I can be. And I enjoy playing the
game and I wanted to play hard. And,
uh you know, with that came, uh accumulating
some stuff that, you know, put me in
the position to be where I'm at today. But
, you know, I just love the position,
love to play the game and I was just happy
to be out there competing with my, with my
peers. I think that the fact that I was
able to stay in the field, uh the longest
I could, uh I learned how to play with
injury, uh and learn how to perform with injury
a little bit. Um I think I'm the most
proud of that and I'm proud to uh have a
great teammate that I had and be able to,
to play it and have fun because the thing is
, is for me, it was easier to come
to the ballpark and perform when you have good teammates
and good players and compete for, you know,
a lotta Mogo, which is, this is win
. Um But I'm proud of all that together and
I I just being on the ballpark, being happy
being there is it meant a lot for me to
just to, to think about every day, ok
, and go to the ballpark and enjoy this day
and, and, and have fun and do the
best you can do to help the ball, the
ball club win for me. It is humbling enough
that I, I just feel proud to be even
mentioned living close to those guys because I, I
was a big fan of all those guys you mentioned
and uh uh I know that, um you know
, I was a decent player. Um but I
, I'm, I'm, I'm proud of the fact
that I was able to uh to play for a
long time and be able to compete at the highest
level and whatever comes after that, I was fine
with it. But, uh you know, this
is a great day for me. I'm honored to
be uh in the Hall of fame. It's something
that I never even dream of. Uh you know
, but again, II, I can't believe that
I'm um and the same, I'm gonna be the
same podium with those guys. It's just something I
can't even bother right now.