Ichiro visits Hall of Fame
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The longtime Chicago Cubs star made 10 All-Star teams — winning the Home Run Derby in 1990 — and took home nine Gold Gloves.
Hall of Fame weekend is underway in Cooperstown and the big event will be the official induction of Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner, Dave Parker and Dick Allen in a ceremony on Sunday. A funny thing in reflecting on this class is there's excellent diversity.
For me, and baseball lovers from Philly just like me, Allen was life-altering. After a nearly 50-year wait, he was immortalized in the Hall.
Former Astros closer Billy Wagner reflects on his weekend in Cooperstown as he joined baseball's greats in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Dave Parker died a month before his Hall of Fame induction, but his son read a poem from his dad at Sunday's ceremony in Cooperstown.
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As of Ichiro’s speech, the writer who left him off the ballot, keeping him from becoming the second unanimous first ballot Hall of Famer, has remained anonymous. Mariano Rivera received a perfect 425 of 425 votes for his initial Hall of Fame bid in 2019.
Did you know Craig Biggio nearly left the Astros as a free agent? Thankfully for Houston, he stayed in town and made pine tar-caked helmets his trademark forever.
Ichiro Suzuki looks back at his career journey and accomplishments as he's inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.