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New Inductees: Players Lack Respect For The Game Published: Aug 1, 2005
New Inductees: Players Lack Respect For The Game Published: Aug 1, 2005
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y - . The two newest members of the Baseball Hall of Fame want to see more major-league players play the game like they did. Ryne Sandberg and Wade Boggs could have hit more home runs during their careers, but they chose to work at being complete players.
During his induction speech Sunday, Sandberg emphasized how he always tried to respect the game and play the right way. If that meant moving a runner over from third rather than swinging for the fence, that's what he did.
"When did it become OK for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest of the game?" Sandberg said. "When we went home every winter, they warned us not to lift heavy weights because they didn't want us to lose flexibility. They wanted us to be baseball players, not only home run hitters."
Sandberg, who retired the year before Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire captured the nation's attention with their home run chase of 1998, said "it drives me nuts" when modern-day players seem more interested in promoting their career rather than helping their team win.
"The name on the front of the uniform is a lot more important than the name on the back," said Sandberg, who also hinted at performance-enhancing substances as part of the problem.
"The reason I spoke about Andre Dawson today was because he was the best teammate and the best player I ever saw play," Sandberg said after his speech. "He did it the natural way. Here is a guy with over 400 home runs and 400 steals, and he's not in the Hall of Fame. He should be in the Hall of Fame in my book."
Boggs didn't highlight the issue in his speech, but afterward he agreed with Sandberg that many modern-day players don't respect the game as much as the past.
"It's disturbing to see that, because I played the game one way," Boggs said. "I gave it everything I had. It doesn't take any ability to hustle. I was one of the last old-school guys. We learned how to play the game from watching guys like Pete Rose, who loved the game and played the game as hard as you can. Nowadays it's fashionable not to hustle. I just don't understand it."
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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y - . The two newest members of the Baseball Hall of Fame want to see more major-league players play the game like they did. Ryne Sandberg and Wade Boggs could have hit more home runs during their careers, but they chose to work at being complete players.
During his induction speech Sunday, Sandberg emphasized how he always tried to respect the game and play the right way. If that meant moving a runner over from third rather than swinging for the fence, that's what he did.
"When did it become OK for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest of the game?" Sandberg said. "When we went home every winter, they warned us not to lift heavy weights because they didn't want us to lose flexibility. They wanted us to be baseball players, not only home run hitters."
Sandberg, who retired the year before Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire captured the nation's attention with their home run chase of 1998, said "it drives me nuts" when modern-day players seem more interested in promoting their career rather than helping their team win.
"The name on the front of the uniform is a lot more important than the name on the back," said Sandberg, who also hinted at performance-enhancing substances as part of the problem.
"The reason I spoke about Andre Dawson today was because he was the best teammate and the best player I ever saw play," Sandberg said after his speech. "He did it the natural way. Here is a guy with over 400 home runs and 400 steals, and he's not in the Hall of Fame. He should be in the Hall of Fame in my book."
Boggs didn't highlight the issue in his speech, but afterward he agreed with Sandberg that many modern-day players don't respect the game as much as the past.
"It's disturbing to see that, because I played the game one way," Boggs said. "I gave it everything I had. It doesn't take any ability to hustle. I was one of the last old-school guys. We learned how to play the game from watching guys like Pete Rose, who loved the game and played the game as hard as you can. Nowadays it's fashionable not to hustle. I just don't understand it."
CUBS MANIA: Two of baseballs most-beloved teams -- the Cubs and Red Sox -- were represented Sunday with Boggs and Sandberg entering the Hall. The Cubs clearly won when it came to having the most fans in the estimated crowd of 28,000.
"Seeing all those Cubs fans out there, it felt like a home game for me," Sandberg said. During the invocation, even the priest mentioned the Cubs.
"One last request, Lord: Could you please, please remember the Cubs this year?"
THE ROSE FACTOR: Sandberg and Boggs both believe all-time hits leader Rose belongs in the Hall of Fame despite his gambling. They talked Sunday about how much of an impact Rose had on them making it to the Hall.
"I learned how to play the game from Pete Rose, watching him play all those games, watching him on TV," Boggs said. "He was one of the greatest players ever in how to play the game right."
Said Sandberg: "Pete was my idol and hero growing up. He was really the first guy that I was totally in awe of when I joined the Phillies as a September call-up in 1981."
HEARTFELT THANKS: When introducing former Boston Globe sportswriter Peter Gammons prior to the induction ceremony, ESPN's Gary Thorne surprised Gammons, recipient of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award, with a special thank you.
Thorne was working as a minor-league baseball announcer in Maine in 1985 when Gammons praised him in a Globe column. With the secret out, Thorne was discovered and eventually hired by the Mets.
AROUND THE HORN: Before leaving Cooperstown today, Boggs and Sandberg will be joined by Rod Carew in a Legends Series TV show for ESPN. ... Besides the 2005 inductees, former Dodgers great Duke Snider was honored. Snider was inducted into the Hall 25 years ago but the Hall started honoring a past inductee last year. ... Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter performed the Canadian national anthem before Sunday's inductions. Carter spent most of his career in Montreal and learned the anthem in French as well as English. ... Former Tampa Tribune senior editor for sports and MLB.com Devil Rays writer Paul C. Smith was among those honored in a video memorial that listed those in the baseball community who have passed away since last year's induction ceremony.
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