“One Conversation Changed My Whole Life”: CC Sabathia Becomes Third “Black Ace” To Reach Hall of Fame Status

Props goes out to Black Ace CC Sabathia, who became one of a handful of Black pitchers to achieve National Baseball Hall of Fame status. Sabathia received 86.8 percent of the votes cast by eligible members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America Sabathia, who was elected to Cooperstown on Tuesday night, spent 19 seasons in the big leagues and will be inducted into Cooperstown in a ceremony on July 27, alongside Japanese hit machine Ichiro Suzuki and ace closer Billy Wagner. The long overdue inductions for Dick Allen and Dave Parker finally came earlier this year via the Classic Era Committee. CC gets the call to Cooperstown