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Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner lead the five-man 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class. Here are the best moments from the ceremony.
Vallejo native CC Sabathia was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, as he gave homage to his hometown and paid special tribute to the “wise and caring" women in his life.
Lefty starter CC Sabathia, outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, and lefty reliever Billy Wagner were voted into the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America. First baseman Dick Allen and outfielder Dave Parker were voted into Cooperstown by the Hall of Fame's Classic Baseball Era Committee.
The Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 was officially inducted at Cooperstown, New York on Sunday. Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner and the families of the late Dave Parker and Dick Allen gave speeches before they were honored with plaques commemorating their legendary baseball careers.
For me, and baseball lovers from Philly just like me, Allen was life-altering. After a nearly 50-year wait, he was immortalized in the Hall.
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Nolan Arenado - Arenado is right behind Machado in JAWS at 19th among third basemen now in his age-34 season. He has a 119 career OPS+ with 1,909 hits, 402 doubles, 351 home runs, 1,175 RBI, 987 runs and an unfair Coors Field stigma to fight. The defensive wizardry should help mitigate some of that, but this isn't a done deal.
Dave Parker died a month before his Hall of Fame induction, but his son read a poem from his dad at Sunday's ceremony in Cooperstown.
Former Astros closer Billy Wagner reflects on his weekend in Cooperstown as he joined baseball's greats in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Dave Parker, who died a month before he was to be inducted, and Dick Allen got into the Hall posthumously after being voted in by the classics committee.