On April 2, 2001, Bret Boone jogged to second base for a chilly Opening Day in Seattle. The roof at Safeco Field was open, the upstart Oakland Athletics were in town, and ESPN2 had the national broadcast. Boone was preparing for the first pitch of his 10th season when second base umpire Kerwin Danley called his name.
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“How about your boy Ichiro,” Danley asked, “and what he just dropped on me?”
How about Ichiro? All of Major League Baseball was wondering the same thing.
Ichiro Suzuki on Tuesday came one vote shy of being the first position player unanimously elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Rarely has there been such universal
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