Ichiro Suzuki cheekily addresses the one person who didn't vote him into the Hall of Fame
After having oh-so-narrowly missed a unanimous Baseball Hall of Fame selection, legendary outfielder Ichiro Suzuki had a message for the sole journalist who didn’t vote for him.
After having oh-so-narrowly missed a unanimous Baseball Hall of Fame selection, legendary outfielder Ichiro Suzuki had a message for the sole journalist who didn’t vote for him.
Ichiro, who was elected to the hall in Cooperstown, New York, with 99.7% of the vote, addressed the journalist during a news conference on his election Thursday, extending a friendly invitation. So far, the identity of the writer is unknown.
“I was able to receive many votes from the writers, and grateful for them,” the 10-time All-Star said through his longtime translator, Allen Turner. “But there was one writer that I wasn’t able to get a vote from. I would like to invite him over to my house, and we’ll have a drink together and have a good chat.”
Ichiro, who spent most of his 19 seasons in Major League Baseball with the Seattle Mariners, joins starting pitcher CC Sabathia and relief pitcher Billy Wagner as part of the Hall of Fame’s class of 2025.
The elections are decided by the members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. With his collection of accolades and records that span 10 Gold Glove awards, three Silver Slugger awards and two American League batting titles, many baseball fans had assumed that Ichiro would easily clinch 100% of the vote. But one out of the 394 votes cast appeared to disagree.
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