Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for the Hall, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected along with CCSabathia and Billy Wagner, a former HoustonAstros closer.
His closest brushes were trips in short-season A-ball to Oneonta, some 25 miles south in New York, to play road games in 1993, his first professional season in the HoustonAstros’ system ...
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown just got a little more crowded...literally and figuratively. Dozens of media, many of whom were from as ...