Ichiro Headlines 2025 National Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot

Newcomers and holdovers hope to receive a call from Cooperstown for 2025
Ichiro Headlines 2025 National Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot
Former Seattle Mariner Ichiro Suzuki acknowledges fans during the Mariners Hall of Fame pregame ceremony prior to the game between the Cleveland Guardians and the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington., on August 27, 2022. Steph Chambers/Getty Images
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Cooperstown was flooded with baseball fans for the annual induction ceremony at the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday. The 2024 induction class included former Rockies first baseman Todd Helton, longtime third baseman Adrián Beltré, former Twins catcher Joe Mauer, and legendary manager Jim Leyland.

All four of those players made impacted the cities where they played and put up terrific numbers over great careers. Two of them only wore one team’s jersey throughout their careers, which is rare in the era of free agency. Now, all four have joined the all-time elite in the game.

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Tab Bamford has been writing about sports for two decades. He has worked with the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Big Ten Conference, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and been credentialed for all-star events and postseason games in MLB, the NFL, NHL, NBA and NCAA.
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