Ichiro Suzuki could have been immortalized as a first-ballot Hall of Famer nearly a decade ago. He was last a full-time starter in 2012, at age 38. He logged his 3,000th hit in 2016, when he was 42.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • This is a column about baseball’s Hall of Fame. A generic label about a place, and the people who populate it, who are as far from generic as one can travel. • There are hundreds of ...

I have been fortunate to see many Hall of Fame baseball players on the field in person. I saw Mariano Rivera and his supernatural cutter, Cal Ripken Jr. and his unmatched durability. But the player I ...

SEATTLE — Before a game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday at T-Mobile Park, the Seattle Mariners will honor one of the greatest baseball players of the 21st century. The Mariners will retire ...