Used to leading off, Ichiro Suzuki got antsy when he had to wait. Considered a no-doubt pick for baseball’s Hall of Fame and possibly the second unanimous selection, he waited by the phone for the expected call Tuesday.

The roles were reversed in the SnakePit Hall of Fame, with Ichiro managing to do what Mariano Rivera did not - be elected unanimously. [Rivera fell one vote short in the 2019 balloting] You won’t be surprised to hear that the only other player I’ve found who was named on every ballot was Randy Johnson on the 2015 ballot [disclaimer: the spreadsheets back in those days kinda sucked,

An online site that tracks Baseball Hall of Fame voting doesn’t expect the lone voter who did not check Ichiro Suzuki on his ballot to ever come forward. Mr. Suzuki earned a vote on all but one of the 394 ballots cast by members of the Baseball Writers Association of America to easily make the National Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.