BOB NIGHTENGALE
David Ortiz
David Ortiz steals the Hall of Fame show and delivers powerful message in Cooperstown | Opinion
Bob NightengaleUSA TODAY
July 24, 2022Updated July 25, 2022, 7:31 a.m. ET
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — They spoke of the racism and cruelties they endured while becoming the greatest ballplayers in the world.
They spoke proudly of their Cuban and Dominican and even Michigan roots.
They spoke of the perseverance and fight it took that led them to baseball immortality.