Baseball: Jeter leads Ichiro praise after U.S. Hall of Fame election

Derek Jeter, Sadaharu Oh and Hideki Matsui were among many to offer their praises Tuesday after former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki became the first Asian player elected to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame. The 51-year-old Ichiro, Major League Baseball’s first Japanese position player in 2001, had his record-studded 19-year career in the United States through 2019 recognized by being checked off on all but one of the 394 votes cast by eligible members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. “Ichiro was a player who I always admired while competing against. I also h…

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