Mixing sneaky humor with heartfelt messages, the first Japanese-born player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame stole the show Sunday in Cooperstown.

Ichiro Suzuki's 2025 election to the Baseball Hall of Fame makes him the first Japanese-born player to be enshrined in Cooperstown.

Ichiro nearly became the second former player to ever be unanimously inducted into the Hall of Fame, but fell one vote shy.