FOG BLOG SPORTS LOG: PROUD MOMENT FOR CANADIANS AS LARRY WALKER INDUCTED INTO BASEBALL HALL OF FAME!

'I share this honour with every Canadian': Larry Walker inducted to Baseball Hall of Fame.....Maple Ridge, B.C., native elected alongside Derek Jeter, Ted Simmons, Marvin Miller.....Canada's Larry Walker takes a photo while giving his speech during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Wednesday in Cooperstown, N.Y.....That the ceremony was delayed a year because of the coronavirus pandemic didn't matter much to Larry Walker, the second Canadian elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

On a cloudy Wednesday afternoon with a few sprinkles in the air and adoring fans chanting his name, former New York Yankees star shortstop and captain Derek Jeter, Ted Simmons and the late Marvin Miller were inducted alongside Walker after the long wait.

Walker, of Maple Ridge, B.C., gave up hockey when he was 16 to focus on baseball. He was selected in his 10th and final year on the writers' ballot after a stellar career with Montreal, Colorado and St. Louis that included 383 homers and three batting titles.

"It's taken a little longer to reach this day [but] for all your support I've received throughout the years from my home country, I share this honour with every Canadian," said Walker, who retired in 2005.

"I hope that all you Canadian kids out there that have dreams of playing in the big leagues that see me here today gives you another reason to go after those dreams. To my adopted home, the United States, I thank you for allowing this Canadian kid to come into your country to live and play your great pastime. I think we're all pretty fortunate to have two amazing countries side by side."