The Raiders just added another Hall of Famer to their ranks. But this time it’s not the Pro Football Hall of Fame, it’s the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bay Area native and lifelong Raiders fan CC Sabathia is headed to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
He enters Cooperstown along with legendary Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki and Astros Pitcher Billy Wagner.
Sabathia is one of the more well known members of the Raider Nation. So much so, in fact, that a couple years ago, he lit the Al Davis torch at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
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Sabathia was born in the East Bay city of Vallejo, which is just a few miles North of Oakland Coliseum.
He was two years old when the team moved to Los Angeles and they moved back to Oakland when he was 15. So, he has now been a Raider faithful through three moves. He is often seen on the sideline for games in Oakland, Las Vegas, Cleveland and New York when he played for the Indians and Yankees respectively.
Congratulations to CC Sabathia on his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.