Ichiro Suzuki is a first-ballot Hall of Famer ... At age 30, the former Angels two-way player also made the playoffs for the first time and became a World Series champion after signing a 10-year, $700 ...

During the gestation period for the place that would become baseball’s sacred shrine, Time Magazine, the New York Times and ...

Newly inducted Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki spoke Friday of his excitement about Major League Baseball staging its season-opening series at Tokyo Dome on March 18-19 and returning to Japan for the ...

For Ichiro Suzuki, it isn't about the records ... the dominating Yankees closer who helped New York win five World Series from the mid-90s through the 2000s. Suzuki was thought to have a chance to be ...

When Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese-born player to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, he became the ...

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.

by Stephen Wade | AP Sports Writer TOPICS: TOKYO — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he's much more than that in Japan. Back home, he's a wellspring of national pride, much like Shohei ...

The first time Ichiro Suzuki set foot into the Baseball Hall of Fame ... and Max Scherzer have struck out more batters this century. Sabathia was also a World Series champion with the New York Yankees ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki wants to raise a glass with ... Sabathia helped the New York Yankees win the World Series in 2009 after agreeing to a $161 million, seven-year contract ...

Ichiro Suzuki is a first-ballot Hall of Famer ... and has led L.A. to two World Series championships and eight National League West titles in his nine years. Over the last year, there had been ...

Ichiro Suzuki is a first-ballot Hall of Famer ... way player also made the playoffs for the first time and became a World Series champion after signing a 10-year, $700-million contract with ...