There was nothing flashy or outlandish about David Ortiz’s Hall of Fame induction speech in Cooperstown, N.Y., on Sunday afternoon, but there didn’t need to be.
Wearing a blue suit with a bright red tie to match his red cufflinks and pocket square, Ortiz was the final member of this year’s class to take the stage and delivered a simple, but moving speech in front of a large crowd and most living members of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
After his daughter, Alex Veda Ortiz, a sophomore at Berklee, sung a passionate version of the national anthem, her dad began his speech by saying, “hopefully, this will inspire everyone to believe in yourself.”
