Ichiro Suzuki leads class of 5 into Hall of Fame
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Ichiro Suzuki's sense of humor was on full display Sunday, when he joined CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner, Dave Parker and Dick Allen in baseball's Hall of Fame.
“Lou Piniella was very skeptical,” said Larry Stone, a Seattle Times baseball writer who has covered Ichiro’s career extensively. “That spring training, Ichiro started off not pulling the ball, not driving the ball. And Lou was like, ‘Who is this guy? When is he going to show me something?’”