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Analysis of Ryne Sandberg's Hall of Fame Acceptance Speech

By Katie Zibello

Conclusion

Repetition

Pathos

Ethos

Intro

“...I worked hard to get the most out of my God-given ability, but that’s what we all did back then. That’s what every one of these guys sitting here did.”

Pathos

“I was a baseball player when I was 10 or 12 years old pretending to be Willie Stargell or Johnny Bench or Luis Tiant, when my bat was an old fungo, my ball was a plastic golf ball, when the field was the street and my older brother Del and I would play all day.”

Ethos

Sandberg shares his

Sandberg primarily targets people's

“My mom was at every single game I played as a kid, rain or shine.”

experiences

“...they used to compare me to Jackie Robinson. Can you think of a better tribute than that?”

sentiment

and stories of other

famous baseball players

Gary Matthews (Sarge), Bill Buckner, Tommy Lasorda, Shawon Dunston, Mark Grace, Andre Dawson (the Hawk)

and their

Ryne Sandberg uses the opportunity of being inducted into the hall of fame to argue his perspective on the game of baseball. He believes that baseball should be respected more, and he uses repetition, pathos, and ethos in order to persuade others to feel the same way.

who respected the game as he did

“...The [game of baseball] we all know, the one we played with wiffle ball bats pretending to be Yaz or Fisk or Rose, in dirt fields, and in allies.”

in order to give his career and his argument

fond childhood memories.

legitimacy.

Repetition

"respect"

is used

“They taught me to respect the game above all else.”

“I had too much respect for the game to play it any other way…”

times throughout

the speech.*

19

*not including "disrespect"

“I played it right because that’s what you’re supposed to do--play it right and with respect.”

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