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Hall of Famer, Fergie Jenkins, class of 1991, sits down with Jon Paul Morosi for a conversation about the numerous hardships and heartbreaks he endured to reach Cooperstown. Jenkins discusses the sacrifices of his father that made his own Hall of Fame journey possible, how he was discovered playing baseball in the hockey hotbed of Canada, and the segregation and racism he encountered while in the minors in the 1960s.
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