Tim Raines has been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Raines was the final speaker and was greeted by lots of fans from Canada, many of whom came aboard several buses.
Raines thanked his mom and dad, who were seated in the front row and later focused on Hall of Famer Andre Dawson, his teammate with the Montreal Expos.
"Without Andre Dawson there's no telling where I'd be,'' Raines said.
"I wanted to kind of be like you and he finally accepted and I followed. Thank you so much for making me the player I became.''
The 57-year-old Raines, who became a star with the Expos, played in the major leagues for more than two decades.
The switch-hitting Raines batted .294 and had a .385 on-base percentage in his 23-year career, finishing with 2,605 hits, 1,571 runs and 808 stolen bases.
His stolen base total is the fifth-highest in major league history and included 70 or more steals in each season from 1981-86, a streak that stands alone in baseball history.
And his 84.7 per cent success rate tops the list among players with at least 400 steal attempts.
Raines also cited former Kansas City Royals star George Brett and base-stealing kind Rickey Henderson, both Hall of Famers who were seated behind him on the stage.