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Pirate treasure: Rare Skenes card to 11-year-old
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Tuesday, 21 January 2025 17:00
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsAn 11-year-old collector in Los Angeles has scooped up a one-of-a-kind baseball card featuring National League Rookie of the Year Paul Skenes.Topps announced Tuesday that the card, which features the Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher's autograph and a patch from a game-worn jersey, had been found.Now comes the fun part: seeing what it is worth on the open market.The collector…
Ichiro, Sabathia, Wagner gain Hall of Fame entry
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Tuesday, 21 January 2025 17:00
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsIchiro Suzuki became the first Japanese-born player elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous selection, and he'll be joined in the Class of 2025 by starting pitcher CC Sabathia and closer Billy Wagner.Suzuki, who got 393 of 394 votes in balloting of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, would have joined…
Baseball Hall of Fame voting winners and losers: Who else got good (or bad) news?
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Tuesday, 21 January 2025 17:00
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsThe 2025 Baseball Writers' Association of America vote is in -- and Ichiro Suzuki (one vote shy of being a unanimous selection), CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner are the newest members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Carlos Beltran fell 19 votes short of the 75% threshold for enshrinement. The new Hall of Famers will join Dick Allen…
A unanimous first-ballot HOFer?! Everything to know for Hall of Fame ballot reveal day
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Tuesday, 21 January 2025 04:46
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsThe Hall of Fame voting results from the Baseball Writers' Association of America will be announced Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET, with several players hoping to hear their names announced as part of the class of 2025.This year's ballot is probably the weakest since the early 2000s -- with newcomer Ichiro Suzuki the only slam-dunk candidate -- especially…
What makes Ichiro a Hall of Famer, from those who knew him best
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Tuesday, 21 January 2025 04:46
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsIchiro Suzuki will become a Hall of Famer -- and possibly the second unanimous selection ever -- when the Baseball Writers' Association reveals its ballots Tuesday night. Ichiro's stat line over more than two decades of excellence, first in Japan and then in MLB, makes his induction a slam dunk, but the legend of Ichiro is about much…
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