The Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 was officially inducted at Cooperstown, New York on Sunday. Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner and the families of the late Dave Parker and Dick Allen gave speeches before they were honored with plaques commemorating their legendary baseball careers.

From left, Billy Wagner, Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Willa Allen (representing her late husband late Dick Allen) and David Parker II (representing his late father Dave Parker) pose for a photograph after the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Clark Sports Center on Sunday in Cooperstown, N.Y. Credit: Getty Images/Jim McIsaac

Dave Parker passed away less than a month away from his induction ceremony, making his son's speech hit that much harder as it happened. Dave Parker II even mentioned that he died while writing his Hall of Fame speech.