COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – The culmination of a baseball journey that started in Dorado, Puerto Rico, reached its apex on Sunday afternoon in Cooperstown, New York.
On a stifling day that was cooled at times by cloud cover and breezes, Edgar Martinez officially gained induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Welcome to baseball immortality, @11EdgarMartinez. @Mariners #EdgarHOF #HOFWKND pic.twitter.com/8FYZg7mGh1
— Baseball Hall (@baseballhall) July 21, 2019
With several former teammates on hand and thousands of Mariners fans in attendance, he became the second member of the Mariners to gain induction into baseball’s elite group.