ADRIAN BELTRE

While the World Baseball Classic has not grown the popularity Major League Baseball wants, the players certainly feel the importance of it.

Scott Rolen is headed to the Hall of Fame.

Beltre and Morgan were inducted into the Rangers' Hall of Fame on Saturday. The four-time All-Star and five-time Gold Glove-winning third baseman, who retired in 2018 after 21 big league seasons, was inducted into the Texas Rangers Baseball Hall of Fame on Saturday night, when Rangers fans got to hear from Beltre. Morgan went from the pregame ceremony directly back to the PA booth and worked his 3,059th consecutive regular season game. The night was almost certainly a precursor for Beltre and a spot in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. to go into the Rangers hall with a player expected to be in Cooperstown.

Beltre Rangers Hall of Fame Baseball FILE - In this July 30, 2017, file photo, Texas Rangers' Adrian Beltre follows through on a double for his 3,000th career hit which came off a pitch from Baltimore Orioles' Wade Miley in the fourth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas. His first time on the ballot for the National Baseball Hall of Fame will be for the Class of 2024. The microphone from his 3,000th consecutive game last September was sent to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. to go into the Rangers hall with a player expected to be in Cooperstown. He instead was in the booth for a Rangers home game — the day Beltre got his 3,000th career hit.

Adrian Beltre is going into the Texas Rangers Baseball Hall of Fame.

Trea Turner completed his record-tying third career cycle by hitting a sixth-inning triple for the Washington Nationals, accomplishing the feat on his 28th birthday in a 15-6 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.

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