The Writer Who Didn't Vote For Ichiro Should At Least Have The Balls To Accept His Offer To Join Him For A Drink

We finally heard from the nearly unanimous man, Ichiro Suzuki. Ichiro and the rest of the 2025 Hall of Fame class gathered in Cooperstown for their first official press conference since getting the call and you know what was on everyone's mind, what would Ichiro have to say about his one missing vote? Through his translator, Ichiro mentioned that he was grateful for the writers but that there was one specific writer he wasn't able to win over. He had a simple request for the writer who has remaned anonymous so far, all he asked is that the writer come over his house for a drink and maybe they could have a chat about the outcome of his vote. Yes, it's obviously a joke and it loosened up the room a little bit, but in all seriousness, if that voter had the balls to not vote for Ichiro for whatever unnamed reason, he should in turn have the balls to take up Ichiro's offer of a drink and a convo. 

He deserves to know the reason why he wasn't able to get enough support for his vote. Did the voter just flat out think Ichiro wasn't Cooperstown worthy? Didn't hit enough home runs? Never won a ring? Hit too many singles? Did Ichiro piss in his cornflakes before a day game? Or is this writer one of these people who say "If Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth weren't unanimous than no one should be!"? I think he at least owes it to Ichiro to explain his reasoning, that seems fair? It will never happen because somewhere there is a little tiny man wet dreaming himself to death about how he was able to be a major piece in a superstars career. He may never tell anyone he's the one who did it and maybe he'll go to his grave chuckling to himself about how he's the most powerful man in baseball simply because he kept Ichiro from being the 2nd 100%er. 

I bet Ichiro would make it a good time too, the writer would walk in to a framed #51 jersey over the fireplace, massive TV hanging on the wall playing non-stop Ichiro highlights. Nice bottle of sake sitting there, probably the best personal chef too. Long ass table with Ichiro on one end and this dork writer on the other end. Imagine how damn good the food would be too, maybe this guy is a massive Ichiro fan and wanted to see if he could get a meet and greet with him? If that's the case then the guy played it perfectly and parlayed his non-vote into a dinner with his idol.

Or this is how it goes down after the writer is done eating dinner....

Really hope this writer has the onions to speak up eventually and explains himself to Ichiro and baseball fans why he didn't get his vote, think it's deserved at this point.