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CC Sabathia was recently elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame after completing a terrific career as a starting pitcher.

It was no surprise to hear on Tuesday that Ichiro Suzuki was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year on the ballot. It was a surprise that he fell one vote short of being a unanimous selection as part of a 2025 class that also features CC Sabathia,

The New York Yankees claimed a former top 100 prospect off waivers in a move to add pitching depth on Thursday.

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.

Former Cleveland Guardians ace CC Sabathia has been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame after a brilliant career that included stints with the Milwaukee Brewers and New York Yankees. In Cleveland, Sabathia made the leap from being a thrower to becoming a pitcher in every sense of the word.

It may have come down to the wire in terms of eligibilty, however, Billy Wagner has finally heard his name called to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Mark Teixeira knows about baseball super teams. The first baseman was brought in to play for one with the 2009 New York Yankees. Now retired, however, in talking with baseball fans, Teixeira worries that the super team the Los Angeles Dodgers are building is terrible for the game and its fans.

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.

Ichiro Suzuki fell only one vote shy of becoming just the second player in baseball history to be a unanimous Hall of Fame selection.

No one has ever walked through these doors with the sport-changing, Hall-changing, planet-changing possibilities of Ichiro.

Former Milwaukee Brewers left-handed pitcher CC Sabathia was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, receiving 86.8% of the vote in