Sabathia is part of a troupe of three wearing some New York ties that is set to be inducted Sunday at Clark Sports Center. His former teammate with the Yankees, Ichiro Suzuki, and former Mets closer Billy Wagner will join him. And they will be going in with a couple of late greats, Dave Parker and Dick Allen.

Hendrix, one of the team’s primary scorers, had one of his worst games of the season and was so distraught that he sat on the court, frozen, as St. Joe’s celebrated. Sabathia gathered Hendrix from the floor, attempting to console him. In the locker room afterward, Wallace let Sabathia take over.

Suzuki is the first Japanese player chosen for the Hall and fell one vote shy of becoming the second unanimous selection.

An unfortunate thing happened to CC Sabathia’s family on their way to upstate New York this weekend. While driving westbound on Highway 17, his car broke down. Sabathia put a photo of the

Ichiro Suzuki siempre fue conocido por su meticulosa preparación durante su carrera de 19 años en las Grandes Ligas de

Former Cleveland pitcher CC Sabathia talks local ties as he prepares to go into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown July 27.