Dave Parker passed away less than a month away from his induction ceremony, making his son's speech hit that much harder as it happened. Dave Parker II even mentioned that he died while writing his Hall of Fame speech.

Nolan Arenado - Arenado is right behind Machado in JAWS at 19th among third basemen now in his age-34 season. He has a 119 career OPS+ with 1,909 hits, 402 doubles, 351 home runs, 1,175 RBI, 987 runs and an unfair Coors Field stigma to fight. The defensive wizardry should help mitigate some of that, but this isn't a done deal.

As of Ichiro’s speech, the writer who left him off the ballot, keeping him from becoming the second unanimous first ballot Hall of Famer, has remained anonymous. Mariano Rivera received a perfect 425 of 425 votes for his initial Hall of Fame bid in 2019.

Dave Parker's Hall of Fame plaque reads, "Superstar outfielder delivered on the confidence he brought to the ballpark."

Tom Hamilton joined Jimmy Dudley and Jack Graney in representing Cleveland as winners of the Ford C. Frick Award.

Did you know Craig Biggio nearly left the Astros as a free agent? Thankfully for Houston, he stayed in town and made pine tar-caked helmets his trademark forever.