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BOSTON – The Hall of Fame inducement is a unique moment for a baseball player, Paul Molitor said Friday, and Jack Morris and Alan Trammell are close to his heart. So being there on the big day of his friends was always something that suited him.
But miss a couple of Twins? Now that it is here, it will not be easy.
"It's very strange," Molitor said. "It's a weird thing to go out for a day or two and not be there.I know it's in good hands, it's just something that I did not have. not done. "
The Twins manager will leave Saturday morning for Cooperstown, NY, about 4:30 from Boston, to be on stage with his a Hall of Fame member at Sunday's ceremonies. He planned to stay for the Saturday night game at Fenway Park, but that would have meant that he would arrive around 4 am.
"When I spoke to Dave St. Peter about this option, he was adamant to say: I want to try to endure that and see how you get out in late Monday," Molitor said. . "In addition to the fact that they want me to at least enjoy a little time there, which will come down to about 30 hours, inside and out. . "
Molitor did not announce his planned departure He told the players, but most of them know it anyway. "They were making fun of me this week," he said
. Team coach Derek Shelton will be responsible for the team during Molitor's excused absence. A former minor league player in his first season with the Twins, Shelton led the Yankees Gulf Coast League rookie team in 2000-01 and the Clbad A Yan'es Staten Island in 2002 before working as a coach with the Indians, the Rays and the Blue Jays.
So he's not new to the subject. But just in case, said Molitor, "we talked about it this week, some queues and some things we have in place for the next few days."
Long Friendship
Molitor Met Morris since they've played ball together "on St. Paul's Playgrounds," he said, "Probably increased more since our retirement than during the time we had as teammates." [He’s] a guy for whom I have a lot of respect, a guy I've been shooting for a long time, in terms of that particular honor. "
Molitor hit .320 against his fellow Minnesotan during their career, though 39, he was only 6-for-44 (0.136) in his first seven years in the majors. "At first I felt like I had never had a shot, I caught up a little later but it was not fun" to cope, Molitor said. "The first time you face someone you know, there is a little embarrbadment when you get there, and maybe you smirk." But after that, you really do not think about it. Morris was elected last winter by a 16-member committee after failing to receive support from 75 percent of the Baseball Writers Association of America for 15 years. "Most people who have played in his generation and competed against him are convinced that it should have happened earlier than expected," said the manager. "But it's good that it's going on, and having a chance to be there and clap my hands for it, I'm looking forward to it."
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