Ichiro visits Hall of Fame
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From first-year players to returning candidates, here are top names to watch in the 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame voting process.
Dave Parker, who died a month before he was to be inducted, and Dick Allen got into the Hall posthumously after being voted in by the classics committee.
Did you know Craig Biggio nearly left the Astros as a free agent? Thankfully for Houston, he stayed in town and made pine tar-caked helmets his trademark forever.
As of Ichiro’s speech, the writer who left him off the ballot, keeping him from becoming the second unanimous first ballot Hall of Famer, has remained anonymous. Mariano Rivera received a perfect 425 of 425 votes for his initial Hall of Fame bid in 2019.
Tom Hamilton joined Jimmy Dudley and Jack Graney in representing Cleveland as winners of the Ford C. Frick Award.
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Ichiro Suzuki looks back at his career journey and accomplishments as he's inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Watch ESPN, first streamed on Sunday, July 27, 2025.
TKO: “The Kilcoyne Opinion” thinks the Baseball Hall of Fame and their new inductees deserve their own day and give the MLB games a day off to honor their sports finest players.