Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia are first-ballot selections for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Sabathia won the Cy Young Award in 2007, played 19 years, and was a six-time all-star. He recalls the 2009 Yankees, saying it felt like they would win every night during the season. Ichiro, the first Japanese player elected, was one vote shy of unanimous induction, winning MVP and Rookie of the Year in 2001 and finishing his career with 3,089 hits in the majors.
"The one thing that I remember from '09 is that it just felt like we were gonna win every night, you know, we had so many walkoffs and so many comebacks, and it was just a lot of fun to be around."
"I would love to be able to go into Cooperstown. I mean, obviously a kid like myself from the inner city of Vallejo to be able to go into Cooperstown. This is obviously a dream."
Ichiro Suzuki was one vote shy of a unanimous induction and is the first Japanese player elected. He won the Rookie of the Year and MVP in 2001 at age 27 and stayed in the majors until he was 45.
Sabathia was the staff ace when the Yankees won the 2009 World Series over the Phillies. He spent 19 years in the bigs and was a six-time all-star.
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