Voter who passed on Ichiro for Hall of Fame still a mystery after 321 of 394 ballots released
The Hall of Fame voter who declined to select Ichiro Suzuki remains a mystery. All 321 voters who allowed their ballots to be ...
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The BBWAA Is Getting Better at This
With another Hall of Fame election cycle in the rearview, Daniel Curren details the improvements BBWAA voters have made in ...
MLB3d
Ichiro joins elite club of Hall of Famers born outside the U.S.
When Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese-born player to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame ... He was voted into the Hall of Fame in 2011. Panama: Rod Carew and Mariano Rivera Carew, ...
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First-timers Ichiro, CC and elite closer Wagner elected to Hall
A leadoff hitter, an ace starter and a lockdown closer walk into a Hall … It’s no joke. The National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 is complete ... shy of that historic standing. Closer Mariano ...
Baseball Hall of Fame only has one unanimous selection. What’s the deal with that?
Those 117 gentlemen should have joined Mariano Rivera as unanimous selections to the None of them did. If anything, I undercounted. I do allow for some honest difference of opinion. Nor am I including ...
Billy Wagner Improved Another Ex-Braves Closer's Hall of Fame Candidacy: Analyst
The Athletic's Jayson Stark took a deep dive into the Hall of Fame chances for a couple modern day closers with Billy Wagner receiving enshrinement this year.
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Billy Wagner Improved Another Ex-Braves Closer's Hall of Fame Candidacy: Analyst
Ironically, the 16-year reliever pitcher getting inducted into the Baseball Hall ... "The standard for Hall of Fame closers is basically: Column A) Mariano Rivera … and Column B) everybody ...