After being elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday afternoon, Seattle Mariners legend Ichiro Suzuki got a surprise call from fellow Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr.

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Baseball Hall of Fame class will include five players. Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner will join Dick Allen and Dave Parker in Cooperstown this summer, the BB

The elite echelon of Seattle Mariners players grew larger on Jan. 21 when it was announced that Ichiro Suzuki would be one of three 2025 National Base

Ken Griffey Jr. played on the same Seattle team as Ichiro in 2009 and 2010, near the end of Junior's playing career.

He'll be enshrined in a ceremony on July 27 of this year, going in alongside Billy Wagner ... with an M's logo on his hat, joining Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar Martinez. Ichiro earned 99.7 percent ...

Ken Griffey Jr. welcomed his former Seattle Mariners ... Ichiro is scheduled to be inducted Sunday, July 27, 2025, alongside CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner, Dick Allen and Cincinnati native and former ...

Ichiro is scheduled to be inducted Sunday, July 27, 2025, alongside CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner, Dick Allen and Cincinnati native and former Reds great Dave Parker. Ken Griffey Jr. welcomes Ichiro ...

Ichiro Suzuki falling one vote short of unanimous election raised eyebrows, but it’s far from the biggest flub in Hall of Fame voting history.

The identity of the writer has not been revealed and may never be. BBWAA members who vote for the Hall of Fame have to be in the association for 10 years. They have the option of making their ballots public. The public ballots for this election will be released by the Hall of Fame on Feb. 4.

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.

At a Hall of Fame news conference, Ichiro joined the ranks of many people around the globe in wondering why he didn’t get that one vote.