The Major League Baseball offseason has kept the attention of fans with a free agent class of players that is loaded with talent.
As the offseason winds down, there was another big announcement involving the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame inductees.
Earning the honor were CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner and Ichiro Suzuki.
It was Suzuki’s first year on the ballot, and the Seattle Mariners superstar fell one vote short of becoming a unanimous selection.
Suzuki recently had a message for that voter.
“I would like to invite him over to my house and have a drink together, and we will have a good chat,” Suzuki said, via FOX Sports: MLB.
Ichiro on the one writer who didn’t vote for him:
“I would like to invite him over to my house and have a drink together, and we will have a good chat.”
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— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) January 23, 2025
While Suzuki was likely joking in his statement, it begs the question of what reasoning that voter had to leave him off of the ballot.
He would have become the second player to be a unanimous selection, joining New York Yankees great Mariano Rivera (2019).
After starring in Japan, Suzuki joined MLB in 2001 with the Mariners and played 19 seasons for three organizations.
His career stats include 2,653 MLB games played with a .311 batting average, 3,089 hits, 117 home runs, 780 RBIs, 509 stolen bases and a .757 OPS.
Known for his speed and infield hits, Suzuki proved he was worthy of the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, even if one voter didn’t think so.
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