{"id":41929,"date":"2025-07-28T05:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T05:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/41929\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T05:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T05:55:09","slug":"ichiro-needles-lone-writer-who-left-him-off-hall-of-fame-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/41929\/","title":{"rendered":"Ichiro needles lone writer who left him off Hall of Fame ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ichiro has a Hall of Fame mind and on off the field. <\/p>\n<p>The long-time Seattle Mariner didn\u2019t hold back during his Hall of Fame acceptance speech on Sunday, calling out the lone Baseball Writers\u2019 Association voter who failed to include him on his or her ballot, despite his historic career achievements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree\u2011thousand hits or 262 hits in one season are achievements recognized by the writers. Well, all but one of you. And by the way, the offer for that writer to have dinner at my home has now expired,\u201d Ichiro said to a roaring Cooperstown crowd.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.59501558;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36661458\" width=\"941\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2227290883.jpg\" alt=\"Ichiro Suzuki speaks during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Clark Sports Center on July 27, 2025 in Cooperstown, New York. \" class=\"wp-image-36661458\"\/>Ichiro Suzuki speaks during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Clark Sports Center on July 27, 2025 in Cooperstown, New York.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Ichiro headlined the 2025 class, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/27\/sports\/cc-sabathias-hall-of-fame-induction-reminder-of-enduring-yankees-impact\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sharing the Cooperstown stage with CC Sabathia<\/a> and elite reliever Billy Wagner, while legendary players Dick Allen and Dave Parker were inducted posthumously.<\/p>\n<p>Ichiro was selected on his first ballot with a sweeping 99.7 percent of the vote share, collecting 393 of 394 votes.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The achievement also makes Ichiro the first Asian-born Hall of Fame inductee.<\/p>\n<p>Over 19 MLB seasons, Ichiro racked up 3,089 major league hits with a career batting average of a blistering .311, as well as 509 stolen bases, 10 Gold Gloves, three Silver Slugger awards, and two batting titles.<\/p>\n<p>Ichiro\u2019s single-season record of 262 hits in 2004 still stands to this day. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.54449472;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36661457\" width=\"911\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2227288688.jpg\" alt=\"Inductees, from left, Billy Wagner, Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Willa Allen, representing her late husband late Dick Allen and David Parker II, representing his late father Dave Parker pose for a photograph after  the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Clark Sports Center on July 27, 2025 in Cooperstown, New York. \" class=\"wp-image-36661457\"  \/>Inductees, from left, Billy Wagner, Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Willa Allen, representing her late husband late Dick Allen and David Parker II, representing his late father Dave Parker pose for a photograph after the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Clark Sports Center on July 27, 2025 in Cooperstown, New York.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Ichiro\u2019s 242 hits as a rookie in 2001 are also 10th all-time and second after 1930 \u2014 that season he won both MVP and Rookie of the Year in the American League. <\/p>\n<p>He also reached 10 consecutive All-Star games to begin his career, an MLB record. <\/p>\n<p>As of Ichiro\u2019s speech, the writer who left him off the ballot, keeping him from becoming the second unanimous first ballot Hall of Famer, has remained anonymous. <\/p>\n<p>Mariano\u00a0Rivera received a perfect 425 of 425 votes for his initial Hall of Fame bid in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Ichiro\u2019s 99.7 percent ties Derek Jeter for second place. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ichiro has a Hall of Fame mind and on off the field. 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