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[0:14] ..." Best not called at all finally. I do me finally. I am Jim Rice called a baseball. Hall of --"...
[0:55] ..." little fingers. And toes. You rejoicing -- through free elementary middle and high school. In if you lucky college graduation. You marvel at how sanity endures. Right when you thought it couldn't get any better. You have grandchildren. And a new Esiason"...
[1:36] ..." most. Is being welcomed them home plate. -- with hitting a walk off home run. You find yourself repeat the same phrases over and over we made it we made it we made it is suddenly you"...
[2:24] ..." at 89. And here we are. In 2009. And I'm standing. Amongst baseball leagues in front of my family friends and fans. -- except in baseball pennant a professional achievement. I cannot think of anywhere our"...
[0:00]" I am a husband Carl writes. I'm a father called dead. I'm brother called it. I am a grandfather called pop. I'm afraid it doesn't call some Mercury is no it is sometimes best. Best not called at all finally. I do me finally. I am Jim Rice called a baseball. Hall of --"
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[0:39]" You always feel that -- every great once a lifetime moment. There could not. Be anything else in that top bit you find a lifelong partner that one true love. You have your first job he's been I was wondering at perfection obtain a little fingers. And toes. You rejoicing -- through free elementary middle and high school. In if you lucky college graduation. You marvel at how sanity endures. Right when you thought it couldn't get any better. You have grandchildren. And a new Esiason love blossoms. Indianapolis fifteen years. You go to phone -- you thought you'd never get. Desperation realize. -- tears overflow. Because you know not at the highest honor of your career me so much. Then you ever thought it would mean before. Because what is feel like most. Is being welcomed them home plate. -- with hitting a walk off home run. You find yourself repeat the same phrases over and over we made it we made it we made it is suddenly you think. Where's my wife. Yeah real debate I would have gotten a news flash while watching my favorite soap opera. A Young and the Restless every day at 1230. Is hard to comprehend. That I am in illegal only 1% of our professional baseball players. I am thin. To be in this elite company and humbled. To be except in his honor. -- came to -- played professional baseball and that's what I did. And I did well. Until I retired at 89. And here we are. In 2009. And I'm standing. Amongst baseball leagues in front of my family friends and fans. -- except in baseball pennant a professional achievement. I cannot think of anywhere our revenue being in the -- here read now we view and you thank you."













