Ichiro Suzuki wants to raise a glass with the voter who chose not to check off his name on the Hall of Fame ballot.

Baseball writers Tyler Kepner and Derrick Goold discuss the 2025 Hall of Fame class, changing voting habits, and coastal consolidation of talent tilting MLB.

Ichiro Suzuki, Billy Wagner, and C.C Sabathia were in the Cooperstown Museum for the first time on Thursday as Hall of Famers.

An online site that tracks Baseball Hall of Fame voting doesn’t expect the lone voter who did not check Ichiro Suzuki on his ballot to ever come forward.

Cooperstown welcomes a star-studded new class in 2025, as the Baseball Hall of Fame announced Tuesday its newest members, as voted by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

New York Mets catcher Paul Lo Duca, left, congratulates closer Billy Wagner by patting him on the cap after the Mets 4-3 win over the New York Yankees in 2006. Billy Wagner was unhittable as a pitcher and now he’s officially a baseball immortal.

NEW YORK (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki could become the first Japanese player in baseball's Hall of Fame, and CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner and Carlos Beltrán also could be elected Tuesday when results of the writers' voting are announced.

Cleveland Guardians, Milwaukee Brewers, and New York Yankees legend CC Sabathia can now say he has entered baseball immortality. The tall, imposing lefty received a call that changed his life on Tuesday: it was Cooperstown,

DIII Ferrum College's Billy Wagner is the latest former college baseball player heading to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Here's where every Cooperstown great played in college.

Outfielders Dave Parker and the late Dick Allen, who were elected by the 16-member Classic Baseball Era Committee on Dec. 8, will also be enshrined with the class July 27 in Cooperstown ... Suzuki's close call means New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera ...

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Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia are among the first-year eligible players who could join the Hall of Fame Class of 2025 today. Learn how you can watch the live announcement on MLB Network free today.