ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke kali! Ke hele nei mākou i ka Baseball Hall of Fame Cooperstown.
Lele kuʻu puʻuwai. E hele hou ana mākou i kahi huakaʻi hou i ka Baseball Hall of Fame. ʻO kekahi o kaʻu mau wahi punahele ma ka honua. E like me ka huakaʻi mua i Upstate New York. Makemake wau e ʻike i nā mea like me Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Honus Wagner, Mickey Mantle, Ty Cobb a me Yogi Berra. i kekahi manawa hou aʻe.
ʻO ka mea aʻu i ʻike ai i kēlā lā ua noho pū me aʻu i ka hohonu o koʻu noho ʻana, a hiki i kēia lā. ʻO nā mea hou aʻe e pili ana i kēlā ma hope.
I ko mākou hele ʻana i loko o ka hale i ka puna o 1999 ua hoʻokipa ʻia wau e nā mea nui nui ʻelua o nā mea nui ʻo Ted Williams lāua ʻo Babe Ruth. aloha au i ka ʻike hou ʻana i ka Babe. ‘ʻO Babe Rū koʻu hoaaloha. Aloha. E Ted, maikaʻi kou nānā ʻana. ' Hoʻomaopopo wau i ka ʻōlelo. ʻIke wau he mea hoihoi loa wau a me ka hapa nui o ka poʻe (inā ʻoe e kū ma lalo o ʻehiku kapuaʻi ʻelima iniha) e nānā i luna e ʻike i kēia mau kiʻi kālai kiʻi ʻelua.
Hele holoholo māua me kaʻu wahine ma loko o ka hale hōʻikeʻike e nānā nei i nā mea waiwai. Hoʻohanohano mākou i nā mīkina lima, nā koʻi, nā kinipōpō, nā opeapea a me nā kapa komo i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kā lākou ipu hōʻike kīʻaha. Ua hoʻihoʻi kēia mau mea iaʻu i kahi manawa a me kahi ma mua o ke kīwī, nā pū kuni uila a me nā pahu waiwai. Loaʻa wau i ka nostalgic loa.
Ua komo koke mākou i ka ʻēheu i kūkulu i ka Sammy Sosa, a me Mark McGwire mea hana. Ua lako kēia home Run Wing me Sosa lāua ʻo McGwire memorabilia. Ua like kēia me ka noho ʻana i kahi pākani kinipōpō hīnaʻi home. Aia nā pelaha nunui o nā kāne ʻelua. Aia nā pelaha o ka papa inoa o kēlā me kēia kāne o ka holo home .. I ka wā a lākou i kuʻi ai iā lākou a he aha ka ipu i hāʻawi i kēlā holo home ponoʻī. Aia he ʻōpeʻapeʻa a lākou i hoʻohana ai i nā pāʻani a me nā kinipōpō i kuʻi lākou ma luna o nā pā kupaianaha. ʻAʻole i loaʻa i ʻelua mau kāne līlī nui ka nui o ka holo home i hoʻokahi makahiki. Ma ka haʻalele ʻana i kēlā ʻēheu ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke kōkua akā ua hopohopo wau i nā hana slugging o kēia mau kāne nunui ʻelua. Hoʻokahi he Cub a hoʻokahi a Cardinal.
Ua hoʻomau mākou i ka holoholo ʻana i loko o ka hale a hiki i ko mākou piʻi ʻana i kahi ʻēheu hāiki aʻu i hoʻomanaʻo ʻole ai mai kaʻu kipa mua ʻana. Ua nānā au i ka ʻaoʻao hema o ke alaloa a ʻike i kahi hui o nā kiʻi. Ke kau nei mai nā uea, ua hōʻike ʻia kēia mau pena pena i kaʻu pae maka. Hemolele iaʻu. Ua pono wau e ʻike i kēia mau kiʻi. Ua koi ʻia wau. e hele wāwae i kēia ʻaoʻao. ʻO ke kiʻi mua i koʻu komo ʻana i ia wahi ʻo Babe Ruta. Aia ma kāna poʻohiwi kāna peʻapeʻa. Ua hana ʻia kona alo me ka makahiki. Ua nānā ʻo ia i kahi ʻelemakule, luhi a kaumaha a kaumaha paha. I koʻu nānā ʻana i ke kiʻi ua kaumaha loa wau. Ua hiki iaʻu ke ʻike ua kokoke e pau kāna ʻoihana. ʻO Lou Gehrig ka pena kiʻi hou. ʻO Lou Gehrig e minoʻaka ana. Ua hauʻoli loa wau i ka noho ʻana i mua o kekahi o kaʻu mau koa a pau i ka manawa. ʻOiai he kiʻi wale nō ia. A laila aia kekahi o Joe DiMaggio lāua ʻo Ted Williams e kū ana ma ke ʻanuʻu eli i kuhi ʻia ko lāua mau kino kekahi i kekahi. Ua hauʻoli wau i ka hauʻoli o ko lākou noho ʻana ma laila wale nō. Mākaukau e pāʻani i kahi pāʻani ʻē aʻe. Aia kekahi mau pena ʻē aʻe kekahi o Jackie Robinson, kekahi o Ty Cobb a me kekahi o Honus Wagner aʻu i aloha ai.
Ke nānā nei i ka hopena o ka lālani o nā kiʻi pena kiʻi ua ʻike au i kahi pahu aniani me ka mea e like me ka lima lima baseball i loko. ʻAno ʻē paha kēia i nā mea pāʻani a pau i hōʻike ʻia i nā kiʻi pena mai kahi wā i hoʻohana ʻia ai nā mīkina lima ʻeleʻele. . Ua huikau wau. ʻAʻole paha kēia mitt ma aneʻi. ʻO wau wale nō e ʻike ʻo wai kēia mīkina lima.
ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hilinaʻi i koʻu mau maka. ʻAʻole ia he mīkina lima. He kiʻi kāinoa ia. Hemolele i ka nui. ʻIke kikoʻī loa i nā pelu ʻāhinahina hina i piha i ka laulā a me ke kala. ʻO kahi hohonu ka hohonu o kēia ʻāpana He mea kupanaha ka mea a kēia mea hoʻonani i hopu ai iaʻu. Ua noʻonoʻo wau e pili ana i ka manawa āna i hoʻopukapuka ai i ka hana ʻana i kēia ʻāpana. E pili ana i ka nui o ke aloha o kēia kanaka i ka kinipōpō ua lawe ʻo ia i ka manawa e hoʻoheheʻe i kahi pono hana. ʻike wau iā ia e noho ana i loko o kāna lumi lumi e pāʻani ana me ka pālolo e hana maoli i kēia ʻāpana. Ua kāhea wau i kaʻu wahine e hele mai e ʻike i kēia ʻāpana kupaianaha. Ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia māua. Ua uē wau.
Ua hāʻawi ʻia mai iaʻu kahi hiʻohiʻona o kekahi o nā ʻāpana o nā mea noʻeau aʻu i ʻike ai. Ua hele au i nā hale hōʻikeʻike nui a ua ʻike wau i ka pena ʻana e Van Gough, Picasso, a me Dahli .. ua ʻike wau i ka Thinker na Rodin. ʻAʻole wau i hoʻoneʻe ʻia e like me ka nalo lima. Ke manaʻo wau i ka Hall o kaulana e lele koʻu manaʻo i ka mīkina lima. ʻAʻole wau i ʻike inā aia hou kēia ʻāpana. Loaʻa iā ia kahi kumukūʻai $ 8500 i koʻu wā ma laila a hoʻoneʻe ʻia paha ia.
Akā inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manawa e ʻike ai i ka mīkina lima, paipai wau iā ʻoe e nānā.
E ʻoluʻolu e hāʻawi i kēia i kekahi āu e manaʻo ai e leʻaleʻa i ka heluhelu ʻana e pili ana i ka kinipōpō a i ʻole ka Hall o Kaulana