CC Sabathia became a star in Cleveland, and became a champion in New York, and this weekend became a Hall of Famer in Cooperstown—but I will always think of Milwaukee. Possibly the greatest midseason rental of all time, Sabathia’s 17 starts that carried the 2008 Brewers to their first postseason in 26 years remains my byword for dominance. I will …
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CC Sabathia earned first-ballot election to the Baseball Hall of Fame this past winter, an honor that seemed to be tearing at the seams midway through his Yankees career. The Sabathia of 2013, ’14, and ’15 posted ERAs above 4.70 each season, and he hadn’t just approached a career crossroads at the age of 34, but seemed to have already …
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Bradford DoolittleJul 27, 2025, 06:34 PM ET Close MLB writer and analyst for ESPN.com Former NBA writer and analyst for ESPN.com Been with ESPN since 2013 COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese-born player to be enshrined into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, one of five new members of baseball’s hallowed institution. After enduring the …
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Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner, Dave Parker and Dick Allen inducted into Hall of Fame \n\n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Still slender and spry at age 51, Ichiro, whose Hall plaque includes his Mariners cap, was recognized for being a human hit machine who reached the 3,000 hit club in MLB despite not debuting in the league until his age-27 season.\n\nHis speech was loaded …
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — As CC Sabathia prepares for his enshrinement in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the Cleveland legend is using his platform to advocate for overlooked stars and the future of Black players in baseball. Speaking to reporters ahead of his Cooperstown induction, the former Cleveland first-round draft pick who spent eight seasons with the Indians and won …
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