Baseball Hall of Fame, CC Sabathia and Ichiro Suzuki
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Hall of Fame Second baseman Ryne Sandberg dies
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Welcome to Cooperstown, Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner, Dick Allen and Dave Parker! Those five legends were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, the largest class since 2022. Suzuki leads the way, and Mike Axisa summarized a peerless career:
Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg, whose name became synonymous with Chicago Cubs greatness, died Monday at age 65. ESPN reported that he passed away at home surrounded by family from metastatic prostate cancer,
Former Astros closer Billy Wagner reflects on his weekend in Cooperstown as he joined baseball's greats in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Nolan Arenado - Arenado is right behind Machado in JAWS at 19th among third basemen now in his age-34 season. He has a 119 career OPS+ with 1,909 hits, 402 doubles, 351 home runs, 1,175 RBI, 987 runs and an unfair Coors Field stigma to fight. The defensive wizardry should help mitigate some of that, but this isn't a done deal.
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For me, and baseball lovers from Philly just like me, Allen was life-altering. After a nearly 50-year wait, he was immortalized in the Hall.
Did you know Craig Biggio nearly left the Astros as a free agent? Thankfully for Houston, he stayed in town and made pine tar-caked helmets his trademark forever.