Class of 2025 is inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame welcomed its class of 2025 on Sunday as Dick Allen, Dave Parker, CC Sabathia, Ichiro Suzuki, and Billy Wagner were enshrined in Cooperstown. Look at the new inductees' plaques and highlights from their speeches here.
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