There’s a street, a cantina, a jersey at Safeco Field, and an MLB designated hitter award that have Edgar Martinez’s name adorned to them.
It’s a name almost synonymous with Seattle Mariners baseball.
But, for now, he’s still waiting for it to find its way onto a plaque in Cooperstown.
Despite significant gains in Hall of Fame voting from compared to when he first became eligible, Martinez finished just below the threshold required to earn admittance into baseball’s most hallowed halls.
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