Used to leading off, Ichiro Suzuki got antsy when he had to wait. Considered a no-doubt pick for baseball's Hall of Fame and ...
Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for the Hall, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner. Quite the journey for a 27-year-old who ...
There’s one writer that I wasn’t able to get a vote from,” he said through a translator Thursday, two days after receiving 393 of 394 votes from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. “I would ...
Suzuki had been to the Hall seven times before attending a news conference Thursday with fellow electees CC Sabathia and Billy ... being the first player from Japan elected to the Hall.
CC Sabathia said he was ready to retire after ... Suzuki centered around the idea that one of them could be the first Japanese player elected to the Hall of Fame. Matsui was generous with ...
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Former Yankees Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia joined former Met Billy ... Suzuki struggled to process being the first player from Japan elected to the Hall.
I kept putting it off, possibly because somewhere in my subconscious I knew voting for Buehrle, the former White Sox ace, and not fellow pitcher CC Sabathia ... Mariners from Japan in 2001 ...
At a Hall of Fame news conference, Ichiro joined the ranks of many people around the globe in wondering why he didn’t get ...
When you mention rightfielder Ichiro Suzuki, left-handed pitcher CC Sabathia, and relief pitcher ... inducted as a Seattle Mariner and the first Japanese player into the Hall of Fame. " ...