Whoever left Ichiro deserves all of the ire coming their way, but they’ll never get it. It’s just like the lone voter who left Derek Jeter off of their ballot five years ago. We still don’t know who ...

There have been a plethora of names to enter into the Hall of Fame, but there is only one that was a unanimous selection — Mariano Rivera. All 425 ballots that were submitted in 2019 included ...

Those 117 gentlemen should have joined Mariano Rivera as unanimous selections to the None of them did. If anything, I undercounted. I do allow for some honest difference of opinion. Nor am I including ...

Same as Derek Jeter, in fact, who also fell a vote shy of joining teammate Mariano Rivera as Cooperstown’s lone unanimous pick (a clean sweep of all 425 ballots in 2019). To this day ...

But will he be written in to every ballot by all the voting members of the BBWAA? On paper, he absolutely should be a no-doubt, first-ballot, unanimous selection.

Mariano Rivera was a unanimous inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019. The Newsday app makes it easier to access content without having to log in.

It's the same total Derek Jeter received when he was one vote shy of unanimous selection in 2020. Mariano Rivera remains the only player in MLB history unanimously elected, receiving 100% of the ...

Mariano Rivera may soon have some company. As of Monday, Ichiro Suzuki had received votes on all ballots made public by voting-tracker Ryan Thibodaux (@NotMrTibbs on Bluesky). If that remains the ...

Mariano Rivera's dominance as an MLB player is clear from the fact that he is the only player in history to have achieved a Unanimous Hall of Fame Induction. Rivera was the first player in all of ...

all while leaving him just one vote shy of being the second-ever unanimous Hall of Fame selection (Mariano Rivera, 2019). Only Derek Jeter (2020) has earned as many votes, as a position player ...

Suzuki would have joined legendary New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera as the only other unanimous Hall of Fame inductee in MLB history. Suzuki is the first player from Japan to be inducted.

Ichiro Suzuki is heading to the Hall of Fame - but he fell one vote short of history. The Japanese outfielder is one of three players announced Tuesday as part of the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class.