It might happen again, but what occurred on Sunday July 27, 2025, in Cooperstown, New York, could join a list of “unbreakable” Major League Baseball records.

Three Black players were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on the same hot afternoon outside of baseball’s Mecca.

Denied their proper place in the Hall of Fame for years, the late Dave Parker and Dick Allen finally were inducted. Parker passed away on June 18, just over a month before his induction ceremony. Allen passed on Dec. 7, 2020.

CC Sabathia was the third of the Black players enshrined. He praised Parker in his acceptance speech and reminded the audience that baseball is falling short in development of future Black stars.

“It’s an extra honor to be part of Dave’s Hall of Fame Class. He was ‘The Cobra,’ but also becam

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