Baseball: MLB star Ichiro Suzuki joins candidates for Japan's Hall of Fame

Ichiro Suzuki, who amassed 4,367 career hits in top-flight pro leagues, was among the four new candidates named Tuesday to the players division ballot for the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame's class of 2025.Japan's hall will announce next year's honorees on Jan. 16, and Suzuki is a favorite to be inducted on the first ballot, five days before the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame announces its new members among recently retired players.Suzuki, a multi-dimensional player who retired in March 2019 with 3,089 Major League Baseball hits, is also a strong candidate to enter Cooperstown in his f…READ FULL ARTICLE