David Ortiz knows he was blessed with the ability to play baseball.
The former Red Sox superstar opened his remarks at his official induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown on Sunday by thanking God for the opportunity to “travel this path,” and referenced his God-given abilities multiple times in his 20-minute speech.
But Ortiz knows something else too: He couldn’t have done this alone. To become a Hall of Famer, Ortiz needed lot of things needed to break right, and more importantly, he needed a lot of people needed to believe in him.