The 2025 induction class of the Baseball Hall of Fame was announced on Tuesday night. First-timers CC Sabathia and Ichiro Suzuki were joined by tenth-and-last-timer Billy Wagner. To no one’s surprise, another year will go by without an Orioles connection among the inductees. It’s probably going to be a while before that changes, with the 2019 induction of Mike Mussina being the last one that mattered to an O’s fan. Or at least to the Orioles fans who forgave him for signing with the Yankees after the team did not value him properly.
Great Oriole Adam Jones was eliminated from the ballot after one year, failing to reach the 5% threshold to stay on until next year.