Another Hall of Fame voting cycle has come and gone, and the most hallowed of baseball halls will now be adorned with three new, deserving faces: those of Billy Wagner, CC Sabathia, and a personal favorite of mine in Ichiro Suzuki.
While the announcement of these players’ inclusion in the game’s most-renowned institution has been met with overwhelming support and praise, it hasn’t all been sunshine and rainbows. That’s because members of the Baseball Writers Association of America, while picking three candidates certainly deserving of the honor, find themselves in the spotlight thanks to one glaring reason — Ichiro was not unanimously voted in.