Is Billy Wagner really a Hall of Famer? A few thoughts on this year’s BBWAA voting.
In electing Wagner, the BBWAA has defined the modern-day closer as its own entity, with candidates’ credentials measured not ...
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Baseball: Ichiro jokes about one vote at Cooperstown press conference
Ichiro Suzuki, the first Japanese-born player elected to Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame, reacted humorously Thursday to the one vote that he did not secure. The voting results Tuesday showed ...
Braves legend Chipper Jones rips Hall of Fame voters for keeping former teammate out: 'Make sure it's right'
Andruw Jones continues to be a compelling candidate for the Hall of Fame, and his ex-teammate, Chipper Jones, says it's time for Andruw to be inducted.
Ichiro Suzuki to Hall of Fame voter who didn’t vote for him: Let’s have a drink and chat
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.
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Introduced It's Newest Class of Inductees Thursday Afternoon in Cooperstown
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown just got a little more crowded...literally and figuratively. Dozens of media, many of whom were from as ...
Video: Ichiro Says He Wants to 'Have a Drink' with Writer Who Didn't Vote Him for HOF
While the rest of the baseball world shakes its fist at the one person who didn't include Ichiro on their Hall of Fame ballot, he is offering to host them ...
Former Astro Billy Wagner makes emotional first trip to Cooperstown and Hall of Fame. 'It's humbling'
Billy Wagner had never been to Cooperstown. His closest brushes were trips in short-season A-ball to Oneonta, some 25 miles south in New York, to play road games in 1993, his first professional season ...
Ichiro wants to 'have a drink' with writer who didn't vote for him for HOF
Newly-elected Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki took a playful shot at the lone baseball writer who didn't vote for him."I was able to receive many votes from the writers, and (I'm) grateful for them," ...
Ichiro Suzuki jokes about lone Hall of Fame voter who snubbed him: 'We'll have a drink'
Suzuki made his Major League Baseball debut in 2001, winning the American League MVP award and Rookie of the Year. In 19 seasons with the Mariners, Yankees and Marlins, Suzuki racked up 3,089 hits and ...
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Ichiro invites that 1 voter over for a drink ... and more from newest HOF class
The Hall of Fame introduced the newest members of its Class of 2025 -- Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner \-\- live from Cooperstown on Thursday. The trio all donned matching Hall of Fame ...
Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani May Be The Next Unanimous Hall Of Fame Entry
Only great Yankees All World reliever, Mariano Rivera, was unanimously elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. That’s it. Nobody else. Both Babe Ruth, and Honus Wagner received 95.13% of the vote when ...
Ichiro Suzuki invites lone writer who left him off HOF ballot to have 'drink together' and 'a good chat'
While Mariano Rivera remains the only Hall of Famer to be voted in unanimously by the Baseball Writers Association of America ...