It's the price you pay for greatness.Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre went opposite field for a walk-off homer against the A’s. And my favorite part is that Beltre absolutely hates having anyone ...

Beltre enters the Hall of Fame with 3,166 career hits and 477 career home runs. Presumably, he is also the only inductee to have people trying to conspiratorially touch his head prior to his speech.

Adrian Beltré has his head rubbed by MLB on Fox analyst and former teammate David Ortiz ahead of his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

As Beltre walked to the podium to give his enshrinement speech, his longtime friend and former teammate snuck behind him and rubbed his head. Don't you ever, EVER touch my d̶r̶u̶m̶ s̶e̶t̶ head.

Beltre then said that that was "not a good idea" because it made Hernandez touch his head more frequently—and even prompted the 2010 American League Cy Young Award winner to implore Beltre's ...

Hall of Famer David Ortiz touches the head of inductee Adrian Beltre before his speech at the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Clark Sports Center on July 21, 2024.

Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre reacts after striking out during the ninth inning of Texas' 3-2 loss to the Minnesota Twins Sunday, June 29, 2014 at Globe Life Ballpark in Arlington, Texas.

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. − Adrian Beltre, just 21 at the time, was working out in the back fields early one morning at the Los Angeles Dodgers’ spring training complex at Vero Beach, Fla., when his ...