Members of the baseball group proceed to share reactions of shock, disappointment and anger associated to the truth that Seattle Mariners legend Ichiro Suzuki ended up one vote shy of changing into the second participant in historical past to be unanimously elected into the Baseball Corridor of Fame.
Fellow Corridor of Famer and former New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter, named on all however one poll again in 2020, is aware of slightly about what Suzuki skilled this week.
“Loads of gamers have been unbelievable which can be within the Corridor of Fame and haven’t gotten 100% of the vote,” Jeter not too long ago advised Ryan Morik of Fox Information. “I by no means anticipated it, and I’d by no means sit right here and say everybody ought to’ve voted for me or everybody ought to have voted for Ichiro. The one factor I do assume is truthful is that I believe quite a lot of members of the media need athletes to be accountable and accountable; I believe they need to do the identical factor. I get requested this query. I get bored with being requested this query, and I believe they need to reply it.”
As of late Friday morning, NBC Information’ Kimmy Yam reported that the identification of the lone particular person who did not vote for Ichiro was unknown.
The MLB website notes that Ichiro’s 4,367 skilled hits, together with his time in Japan, stay probably the most of any participant in baseball historical past. A 10-time MLB All-Star, Ichiro earned 10 Gold Glove Awards and was named the 2001 American League Rookie of the Yr and the 2001 AL Most Worthwhile Participant. Other than the quite a few stats that present he deserved to be a unanimous Corridor of Fame inductee, Ichiro will perpetually be credited for paving the best way for future Japanese stars to observe in his footsteps.
Per Alex Rubinson of The Related Press, Ichiro laughed in regards to the single Corridor of Fame snub throughout an occasion on Thursday.
“There’s one author that I wasn’t in a position to get a vote from,” Ichiro mentioned by way of a translator. “I wish to invite him over to my home, and we’ll have a drink collectively and we’ll have a superb chat.”
Iconic Yankees nearer Mariano Rivera is the one participant to be a unanimous Corridor of Fame choice.
