In Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner, the Baseball Writers Association delivered quite an eclectic trifecta to Cooperstown on Tuesday. The first Japanese player ever elected to the Hall of ...

and possibly only the second player chosen unanimously after New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera. Ichiro debuted in Major League Baseball in 2001 with the Seattle Mariners, the first Japanese ...

Suzuki appeared on all but one of the 394 ballots submitted, failing to join Mariano Rivera as the only player ... He was a truly unique artist, and still pretty near the height of his powers ...

On Tuesday, he’s expected to be the first Japanese player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, and possibly only the second player chosen unanimously after New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera ... ...

The only player of the 278 Hall of Fame players to be voted in unanimously is longtime Yankees closer Mariano Rivera. Suzuki joined Mariners legend ... a hitter who turned slap singles into a work of ...

Even if you don’t know baseball, you’ve probably heard of Ichiro, the way that many non-sports fans still know Babe Ruth or Willie Mays or Bob Uecker. (“Juuuust a little outside!”) He’s a name.

The first time Ichiro Suzuki set foot into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. was nearly a quarter-century ago, back on Nov. 12, 2001.