Voter who refused to choose Ichiro continues on mystery

321 of 394 voters allowed the association of baseball writers to make their ballots public this Tuesday
New York – The voter of the Hall of Fame that refused to choose Ichiro Suzuki It is still a mystery.
The 321 voters who allowed the United States Baseball Writers Association to publicize their ballots, on Tuesday, selected the Japanese star. Suzuki It appeared in 393 of the 394 ballots when the vote was announced on January 21.
“There is a writer who could not get a vote,” he said through an interpreter a few days later that week. “I would like to invite you to my house, we will have a drink together and we will have a good talk.”
The rules of the room allow each voter to choose if the ballot wants to make public. The BBWAA voted 80-19 at its December 2016 meeting to propose that all ballots were made public, but the Board of Directors of the Hall of Fame chose to leave the decision in the hands of each voter.
Mariano Rivera It is still the only player who obtained 100 percent of the votes of the BBWAA, appearing in the 425 ballots in 2019. Derek Jeter He was chosen in 395 of the 396 ballots in 2020.
Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner They were chosen by the BBWAA this year and will be included in the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown on July 27 together with Dave Parker and Dick Allenchosen by the Committee of the Classic Era in December.
Suzuki was twice battery champion of the American League and 10 times All-Star and Golden Garde New York Yankees and Miami Marlins (2015-17).
It is perhaps the best contact batter of all time, with 1,278 hits in the Japanese Professional Baseball League and 3,089 in the MLB, including a season Pete Rose of 4,256.