Honors and Remembrances

Mazeroski was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001. Reading his prepared speech, he only got as far as thanking the Veterans Committee voters for choosing a player based largely on defensive skills (a rarity in the Hall), before becoming so emotional and teary-eyed that he had to stop, apologizing to those who \"had to come all the way up here to hear this crap!\" He then sat down, while the audience and his fellow Hall-of-Famers stood and gave Maz a loud and long ovation.