This will come as a shock, I know, but I am almost speechless.

The reason I am here, they tell me, is that I played the game a certain way,

that I played the game the way it was supposed to be played.

I don't know about that, but I do know this.

I had too much respect for the game to play it any other way.

And if there is a single reason I am here today,

it is because of one word. Respect. I was taught you never ever disrespect your opponent or your

teammates or your organization or your manager and never ever your uniform. Make a great play.

Act like you've done it before. Get a big hit. Look for the third

base coach and get ready to run the bases. Get a home run. Put your head down, drop the bat,

run around the bases. Because the name on the front is a lot more important than the name on the

back. That's respect.

I want to say thank you to friends like Barry Rosner, great writer and good friend.

It's fun talking baseball with you, Barry.

Thank you.

Man.

That's Ryan Sandberg on the day he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

And he thanked his friend and his collaborator on some things at different points in his life.

Barry Rosner, and Barry Rosner joins me, Matt Spiegel and him, Lawrence Holmes, right now on the Circa Sports Illinois hotline.

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Can I say collaborator?

Is that okay, Barry?

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