A Halo in the Hall

Post date: Mar 17, 2018 3:52:21 AM

When one plays sports in their youth they often dream of being heroes in the pivotal moments, hitting the winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to win the World Series, or scoring the winning touchdown in the Super Bowl, or hitting the game winning shot at the buzzer expires; these dreams are the driving force that is the foundation for a professional athletes success. Once a strong foundation is built, a select few professional athletes take it one step further; they become members of the Hall of Fame in their respective sport.

Vladimir Guerrero is one such athlete. His superior talents have facilitated his call to the hall. He has shared his talents with many teams, the Montréal Expos, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, the Texas Rangers, and the Baltimore Orioles. His best years as a player were split between the Expos and the Angels.

Vladimir Guerrero wants to enter the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame wearing and Angels cap. It is not surprising that he would like to do so, after all, he won his second Major League Baseball most valuable player award for the American League with the Angels, and He also won the same award for the National League with the Montréal Expos. It is my strong belief he picked to enter the hall with the Angels for two reasons, one, he was still in his prime when he joined the Angels in 2003. Two, he got his first taste of the Major League Baseball playoffs with the Angels, which is something he never got the opportunity to do with the Expos.

Guerrero would become the first, he would also be the first position player from the Dominican Republic and only the third player from this country to join the hall as a whole, along with making history for himself, he is also making history for the Angels' organization; although there are players in the baseball Hall of Fame that played for the Angels, we don't have any players in the Hall of Fame as Angels.. In a way, it's appropriate that he is the first since "Big Daddy Vladdy" is endeared by the Angels' organization and the fan base.

As a diehard fan, I am excited to bear witness to arguably the two most important moments in Angels' history thus far, the 2002 World Series championship, and now the entry of the first Angels' representative for the National Baseball Hall Of Fame. I am honored that both history making events happened during my lifetime; as these events contribute to the overall fabric of baseball history and lure.

There are currently 12 people with ties to the Angels' organization in the national baseball Hall of Fame. Guerrero is number 13; the number 13 is traditionally associated as a bad luck charm. In most high-rise buildings there is not a 13th floor; Friday the 13th is a day of bad luck. However, for the Angels the number 13 represents a point of joy, on the 13th opportunity there will be a Halo in the hall.

-ICE