The First Unanimous Hall of Famer
When Mariano Rivera was elected to the Hall of Fame unanimously in 2019, he was lauded as the first unanimous selection in the Hall’s long history. It was broadly considered sort of preposterous that he was the first unanimous guy, because there were so many more obvious candidates for the honor. And yet, they all fell short for a variety of reasons.
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