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It's always great when the Hall of
Fame comes to you and comes to Dodger

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Stadium. And we're joined right now
by the president of Baseball's Hall of Fame,

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the one and only Josh Rawich.
Great to have you back home at

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Dodger Stadium. Thanks David. It's
great to be here. And you also

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came with gifts and also kind of
spreading the word of baseball not just here

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in the States, but a great
new exhibit at Cooperstown, the transpecific exhibit

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that incorporates a lot of Japanese born
players that have brought their talents to the

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States. Yeah, what we're really
excited about is next summer. It lines

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up with the same time that Dechiuro
is going to be eligible for the first

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time to be on the ballot.
We're going to be opening up an exhibit

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called Yaku Baseball, and Yaku means
baseball in Japanese. So we're focusing on

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basically the history of the two countries, players that have played that went from

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America to Japan and vice versa,
teams that went in both directions, and

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obviously the Dodgers are a huge part
of that. And here at Dodgers Stadium,

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not only did you spread the word
about that exhibit, but also you

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had players that obviously have made a
huge impact on Major League baseball. Yeah,

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so we actually brought with us some
artifacts, which was really cool.

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We had a baseball from a no
hitter from Hideo Nomo. We had an

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amazing autographed plate that Peter O'Malley is
loaning us because the O'Malley family is great

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supporters of the Hall of Fame,
both financially and with artifacts. And then

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of course at the news conference,
so Tani san was there, Yamamoto son,

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and then Dave Roberts who's obviously born
in Japan, and Tory Leavello who

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played in Japan. So it was
a perfect combination of guys. What struck

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you the most about Otani and Yamamoto
and understanding the history of what you're presenting

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at the Hall of Fame, Well, Otani has been incredibly generous so for

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his whole time in the big leagues
and donating artifacts to the Hall. I

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think we have Cleat's a helmet,
a hat, a jersey today he donated

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a bat. Yamamoto I think saw
that and said I want to give them

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a go up from spring training from
his first spring training here. And then

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you have someone like Ichiro, who's
been to Cooperstown seven eight times. He

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has always understood what we do there, which as we preserve the history of

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the game, we honor the greatest
of all time, and we connect generations.

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And I think these guys clearly recognize
that, or they wouldn't have wanted

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to be a part of today.
Hey, that's the voice of Chatsworth's own

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now Major Baseball's Hall of Fame president, the one and only Josh Rawitch.

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And when you look back at this
transpecific exhibit that is going to be on

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display. Heydeo Nomo, that's who
I grew up on. He was kind

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of a barrier breaker in a lot
of ways and won the Rookie of the

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Year. What's it like to hold
a baseball from his No hitter? Well,

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it's pretty crazy because that was actually
the year I interned at the Dodgers.

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I started in nineteen ninety five,
and none of us knew what Nomo

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was going to do. I think
all Dodger fans thought this guy he changed

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the game forever. Really, prior
to that, it had been forty years

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since anybody had come from Japan and
nobody knew how successful he'd be and obviously

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came right out the gate. Was
so dominant through a no hitter, both

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multiple no hitters in the big leagues, and to have a baseball in your

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hands, that's from that. Frankly, anytime you're holding a piece of history,

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I think anybody who loves the game
of baseball recognizes how insanely special that

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is, no doubt. And this
summer, just in a matter of weeks,

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a former Dodger is going to be
inducted into the Hall of Fame class,

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and that is Adrian Beltray. He
obviously is going in as a ranger,

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but his career started with the Dodgers. Yeah. I mean, he

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was obviously signed at a very young
age and was able to make an impact

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at a very young age. And
in two thousand and four, I think

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nobody can forget he was really truly
MVP caliber player forty eight homers, really

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took off and had the first of
what wound up being a Hall of Fame

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career his first big season. So
he's really excited to get there. We've

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gotten some early eyes on his speech. He's a little nervous to give it,

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but he's going to do amazing.
He's going to have all sorts of

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Dodger fans there, Mariners fans,
Rangers fans, and maybe some Socks fans

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too. From his year in Boston, no doubt he has span quite a

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few teams, but not as big
as the world as The trans Pacific Exhibit

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at Cooperstown will be unveiled during each
e ro's first year eligible for the Hall

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of Fame. We've been joined by
the president of Cooperstown and the Baseball Hall

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of Fame, the one and only
Josh Rawich. Thanks a lot for the

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time, Josh. Great to have
you back in Sokel. I appreciate it

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you. David, Thanks so much, buddy,