Baseball legend Ichiro Suzuki was announced as a baseball Hall of Famer on Tuesday, becoming the 62nd first-ballot Hall of Famer and the first Japanese baseball player to be elected to Cooperstown.

Well, that might not say Cooperstown. But here is the thing ... And if he is being inducted, he will join his former teammate Derek Jeter in the fame game. For now, we need to wait till January ...

It was a telephone call that all of baseball expected, and still Derek Jeter said that he sensed his nerves spike. Over two ...

Ichiro, of course, undoubtedly belongs in Cooperstown with over 3,000 hits ... Five years ago, Derek Jeter also fell one vote short of unanimity. At the time, in typical Jeter fashion, he took ...

Derek Jeter and CC Sabathia were teammates in the ... It’s an honor to join you in Cooperstown and share a legacy together. Forever HOF!!" Screenshot from the story on Instagram Besides Sabathia ...

Same as Derek Jeter, in fact, who also fell a vote shy of joining teammate Mariano Rivera as Cooperstown’s lone unanimous pick (a clean sweep of all 425 ballots in 2019). To this day ...

Derek Jeter expresses heartfelt congratulations ... It's a privilege to be associated with you in Cooperstown and to build a common legacy. Forever HOF!!” The conversation between the former ...

after the likes of Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, as well as their manager for much of their time in The Bronx, Joe Torre. So who’s the next Yankee headed to Cooperstown after Sabathia?

Fifty-eight players have been chosen in their first year of eligibility, most recently David (Big Papi) Ortiz last year, Derek Jeter in 2020 ... more than 50 came to Cooperstown for this year ...

Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter received 396 of the 397 votes cast in 2020. When he was inducted into Cooperstown in 2021 — the ceremony was delayed a year by COVID-19 — Jeter in his acceptance ...

Only his former Yankees teammates, Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera ... I look forward to welcoming CC to Cooperstown. "Ichiro was a player who I always admired while competing against," Jeter ...

Just like Derek Jeter's election to Cooperstown in 2020, somehow, someway, Ichiro wasn't elected unanimously, missing the mark by one single vote. It is beyond astounding that Ichiro, who spent ...