On the day that CC Sabathia and Ichiro Suzuki were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, Yankees Aaron Judge and Derek Jeter offered their congratulations.
Ichiro Suzuki was among the few Japanese players who transitioned well from Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball to Major League Baseball.
The University of Notre Dame ’s placekicker Mitch Jeter never got to see Derek Jeter in his prime. The younger Jeter was just eight years old when the former New York Yankees captain won his fifth and final World Series title and was just a preteen when the Hall of Famer retired.
The fact that there has only been one unanimous selection in the history of BBWAA voting renders the distinction almost meaningless.
At a Hall of Fame news conference, Ichiro joined the ranks of many people around the globe in wondering why he didn’t get that one vote.
Ichiro, along with fellow new Hall of Famers CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner, were at the Hall of Fame on Thursday, and of course Ichiro was asked about being one vote short of unanimous. Here's what he said: Ichiro Suzuki offers to have the only writer that did not vote him into the Baseball Hall of Fame over to his house to "have a drink together and have a good chat" 🤣 pic.
Ichiro Suzuki is hoping to start a dialogue with the one voter who left him off the Hall of Fame ballot, leaving him one checkmark away from being the second-ever unanimous selection to Cooperstown.
Recently elected Hal of Famer, Ichiro Suzuki was a Yankee for a 2 1/2 seasons but was still productive after being acquired from the Seattle Mariners.
Ichiro Suzuki has made history as the first Japanese player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, leading the 2024 class alongside CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.
The career .311 MLB hitter was the 2001 AL MVP and Rookie of the Year and won 10 consecutive AL Gold Glove Awards, all with the Mariners.
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