David Ortiz celebrates induction into Baseball Hall of Fame with emotional bilingual speech - The Boston Globe

The Red Sox legend is the fourth player from the Dominican Republic to earn baseball immortality, and he acknowledged his roots by weaving from English to Spanish during his 18-minute speech.

Ortiz is just the fourth player born in the Dominican Republic to be elected to the Hall of Fame. He joins Juan Marichal (1983), fellow Red Sox legend (and close friend) Pedro Martinez (2015), and Vl… [+20849 chars]

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