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Cal Gets Emo, Performs Magic
By Chris Mottram | July 30, 2007
At the risk of being blasphemous, I wasn’t a big fan of Cal’s induction speech yesterday. It was just a little too preachy for my taste. I could’ve gone for a little more about his career, and a little less about the importance of helping kids develop. I don’t care about kids, I care about Cal.
Because I am human and have half a heart, I did enjoy the bit about his family, probably because the Iron Man’s armor cracked a little and he showed some real emotion (although he maintained his composure a bit better than this lunatic). He also pulls off a super cool cheesy rose transfer maneuver.
This is the only video I could find of said portion of the speech, although the bit about his father is cut off (and I apologize for the 20-second ad at the beginning):
Topics: Cal Ripken, MLB, Orioles | 1 Comment »
July 31st, 2007 at 8:11 am
See, the thing is that now helping kids IS his career, you know I’m sayin’?
What I can’t believe is that 75,000 were there to hear that. That’s some serious devotion.