Ichiro Suzuki wants to have a drink with writer who left him off Hall of Fame ballot
BBWAA secretary-treasurer Jack O’Connell recalled Suzuki was at the Hall in 2001 when he called to inform the Seattle star he had been voted AL Rookie of the Year. Suzuki received 27 of 28 first-place votes, all but one from an Ohio writer who selected Sabathia.
Will there be a ‘Hall of Fame bump’ for Ichiro, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner’s baseball cards?
Ichiro Suzuki had already cemented a strong, and likely everlasting baseball card market long before Tuesday’s almost unanimous vote for his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, headlining the class of 2025.
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The Japanese baseball legend came to the Marlins, at 41, in the final stanza of his career. He showed a young outfield how to ...
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