Ed-die! Ed-die!

Baltimore OriolesEddie Murray and Gary Carter were inducted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame on Sunday, as was Bob Uecker, although he received the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting despite his contention that “I still – and this is not sour grapes by any means – I still think I should’ve gone in as a player.” 😉

As the official Baltimore Orioles page reported, I was really happy to hear that Eddie Murray “let The Wall come down” in his acceptance speech, since as a player he was notorious for “[building] walls around the press, whose questions he blocked out, and the fans, whose chants he muted.” Instead, at the end of his speech “Murray lifted his arms like a conductor and waved to the thousands of Orioles fans who congregated here, summoning the chant. ‘I’d like to end, in closing, with that Ed-die chant,’ Murray said, grinning.” I have great memories of seeing the Orioles play, and I’m really happy that I was able to chant Eddie’s name while he was still playing. He’s definitely a class act, one that really deserves the Hall Of Fame accolades that he has received.

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