Cooperstown, put down the phone and pick up your gaze. Watch the sun set. Ride a bike. Take the stairs. Hold a door open. Greet “no” as an invitation to be better. Listen to the Baseball Hall of Fame induction speeches of Fred McGriff and Scott Rolen.
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Hall of Fame inductions can seem more coronation than reward. And the rolling hills and quaint roads of this hamlet are most clogged when the confirmation of greatness is as inevitable as succession to the throne. Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn. Greg Maddux. Mariano Rivera. Derek Jeter.
