Barry Larkin and Ron Santo will be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame this week, taking their place alongside 295 others who have a plaque hanging in Cooperstown.
The Hall of Fame is meant to showcase and preserve the game’s greatest players, moments and artifacts, but has provided moments and talking points of its own over the years. The current debate about whether to allow known steroid users into the Hall is going to rage for years to come.
Here, we take a look at the 10 greatest moments of the inductees’ speeches.