David Oritz delivered a rousing speech in front of an exultant crowd to highlight Sunday's Baseball Hall of Fame inductions in Cooperstown, New York.
The Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins slugger was one of seven players formally inducted into the Hall alongside Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Minnie Minoso, Tony Oliva, Bud Fowler and Negro League pioneer Buck O'Neil. Fowler, Hodges, Minoso and O'Neil were posthumously inducted.
Ortiz, who made the Hall on his first ballot after retiring from the Red Sox in 2016, was introduced to a raucous ovation from fans. As he took the stage, a chant of "Papi!