Hall of Fame speeches of Kitty Kaat and Tony-O

[Jerr]

It can be watched live or later replay.  Well worth one's time to listen to all of those being enshrined.

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[tony&rodney]

Tony Oliva was spectacular, from the heart. He is a once in a lifetime treasure of a human being.

[Parfigliano]

I heard Oliva's.  Very nice.  Authentic and from the heart.

Gotta find Kaat's on a replay.

[lecroy24fan]

They both were great. But there were a lot of people talking in the background during Kaat's speech and that was annoying. Either they need to adjust the mics and cameras to not pick all that up or people need to shut up and not have convos.

[Longdistancetwins]

I’ll just add that Tony-O gave a plug for Luis Tiant going to the Hall of Fame.  That went over very well with the Red Sox fans who far outnumbered us.  Most wore number 34 jerseys, so it was cool that Ortiz noted that he wore number 34 as a tribute to Kirby Puckett!  (I was never sure if that was true, and now I heard confirmation of it live).

[Jerr]

On 7/24/2022 at 5:26 PM, Parfigliano said:

I heard Oliva's.  Very nice.  Authentic and from the heart.

Gotta find Kaat's on a replay.

Both spoke from the heart and for a couple of guys in their 80's, to remember all those names and events w/o reading from a prepared paper, wow!!!

Brought back many memories of their playing days for me.