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A Star Like No Other: Why Ichiro Suzuki Seems Destined to Join Mariano Rivera in Hall of Fame Immortality
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Ichiro is set to become Japan's first Hall of Famer. Here's who might join him in Cooperstown
Ichiro Suzuki could join Mariano Rivera as the only unanimous picks for baseball’s Hall of Fame and CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner and Carlos Beltrán also could be elected when results
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Ichiro Suzuki falls behind Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera with 99.7% Hall of Fame votes
Ichiro Suzuki was among the few Japanese players who transitioned well from Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball to Major League Baseball.
Will Ichiro Suzuki join Mariano Rivera as only players to get 100% of Hall of Fame vote?
Other bits of intrigue ahead of Tuesday's 6 p.m. announcement: Will CC Sabathia be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, and is this the year Billy Wagner gets in?
Sporting News6d
Unanimous Baseball Hall of Fame inductees: Ichiro falls one vote short of joining Mariano Rivera in MLB history
He recorded 1,278 in Japan's pro league and then 3,089 in ... but there is only one that was a unanimous selection — Mariano Rivera. All 425 ballots that were submitted in 2019 included the ...
The Tribune-Democrat6d
Ichiro is set to become Japan's first Hall of Fame member; here's who might join him in Cooperstown
Ichiro Suzuki could join Mariano Rivera as the only unanimous picks for baseball’s Hall of Fame and CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner and Carlos Beltrán also could be elected when results
Ichiro Suzuki is set to become Japan’s first Hall of Famer. Here’s who might join him in Cooperstown
Ichiro Suzuki could become the first Japanese player in baseball’s Hall of Fame, and CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner and Carlos Beltrán also could be elected when results of the writers’ voting are announced.
One dissenting vote cannot diminish induction into Hall of Fame: The week in baseball
The identity of the writer has not been revealed and may never be. BBWAA members who vote for the Hall of Fame have to be in the association for 10 years. They have the option of making their ballots public. The public ballots for this election will be released by the Hall of Fame on Feb. 4.
Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he is much more than that at home in Japan
Ichiro will go into the Hall of Fame as professional baseball’s all-time leader in hits with 4,367 (3,089 in MLB and 1,278 in Japan) — more even than Pete Rose's 4,256. He broke George Sisler’s single-season hits mark of 257 in 2004. The new mark is 262.
Japan rejoices as Ichiro elected to US Baseball Hall of Fame
The hometown of Japanese baseball legend Ichiro Suzuki led celebrations Wednesday after he became the first Asian player to be elect
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Ichiro is about to get his Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he's more than just a baseball star
“He healed the wounds in Japan’s national psyche,” Kiyoteru ... player chosen unanimously after New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera. Ichiro debuted in Major League Baseball in 2001 ...
Ichiro Suzuki wants to sit down and talk to Hall of Fame voter who kept him from being a unanimous inductee
Ichiro Suzuki said he wants to meet with the one person who voted against his induction into the Hall of Fame after he fell one vote shy of being unanimous.