Reporter who objected to Ichiro, did you think he would show up? Reporters' Association's HOF Voting List Discloses 73 People
Feb 05, 2025
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A reporter who opposed Suzuki Ichiro's entry into the Hall of Fame (HOF) is unlikely to be disclosed.
BBWAA (National Baseball Journalists Association) announced on the 5th (Korea time) the list of reporters who participated in the '2025 HOF' vote. It revealed who each reporter voted for.
Ichiro received support from 393 out of 394 reporters as a result of the HOF induction vote announced by the BBWAA on the 22nd of last month. Only one journalist turned him away. Who he is and why he did not choose Ichiro is likely to fall into a mystery forever.
Public opinion in the U.S. and Japan raged over this. Some even suggested that the reporter should be found and punished. Renowned columnist John Heyman wrote on his social media that `Ichiro missed the unanimous vote by just one vote. 'Please come forward, you numbskull' criticized the journalist in a raw way.
A total of 321 reporters were disclosed by BBWAA on the same day. Of the 394 people who exercised HOF voting rights, 73 declined to disclose. Even the reporter who did not beat Ichiro does not seem to want his identity to be exposed.
Ichiro responded to a reporter who rejected him at a news conference in Cooperstown, N.Y., on Jan. 24 after HOF dedication was decided with 99.746 percent of the vote. `I have received votes from many reporters, and I would like to thank them"But one journalist did not vote for me. I want to invite him to my house and have a drink together. "I think I can talk about good things..." he said, expressing his regret with a pleasant expression.
At the 2016 meeting, the BBWAA prepared a regulation to disclose the current status of HOF voting for each reporter with an overwhelming approval of 80-19. However, the HOF Management Committee decided to exclude unwanted reporters by putting the brakes on whether or not to disclose it to individual reporters.
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For the first time in major league history, Ichiro has achieved a batting average of .300, 200 hits, and a gold glove for 10 consecutive years. In addition, he is considered the best contact heater in the Major League with 3,089 hits, and he hit 4,367 hits in his professional career, including 1,278 hits in the NPB, surpassing Pete Rose's 4,256 hits, the most hit king in the Major League. The life itself of living only for baseball is respected without being talked about as a player and after retirement.
Meanwhile, this year's HOF induction ceremony will be held in Cooperstown, New York, on July 28. Five people are Ichiro, who got more than 75% of the votes in the BBWAA vote, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner, Dave Parker and Dick Allen selected by the classic modern committee in December last year.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
