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position to give back, I would.”
Next Biggio referenced
Monsignor Edwin Sullivan, the
baseball chaplain at Seton Hall
University where Biggio was an
All-American catcher before the
Astros selected him the 22nd
overall selection of the 1987
draft. “He was my roommate
on the road at times, but most
importantly he was a friend. He
helped me with my conversion
to Catholicism when I was going
through a tough time in my life.
I miss you very much.”
Biggio delivered equal reverence
for two mentors from opposite
extremes of the professional
baseball spectrum ... all-time
Yankee Yogi Berra, who played
in a mind-numbing 75 World
Series games while relishing 13
world championships, and career
hardballer Matt Galante, who
never spent an active day on a
big league roster. It was Galante
who served as the tireless
tutor when Biggio made the
speedy transition from catcher
to second base during a
crash spring training course
in 1992. “I’m not here (in
the Hall of Fame) without
that man ... an incredible
coach and teacher of the
game ... I thank God for
Matt Galante and I’m so
grateful. When I won my
first Gold Glove, I gave it
to him. Matt, thank you for
everything.”