Vallejo native and former professional baseball player CC Sabathia was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame on Sunday. The left-handed pitcher made his way to Cooperstown, New York to be recognized as one of the greats.

Mixing sneaky humor with heartfelt messages, the first Japanese-born player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame stole the show in Cooperstown.

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - On an overcast Sunday in this charming village, thousands of fans from the Far East to the East Coast, from Texas to the Midwest to the Pacific Northwest, gathered to usher five icons of the game into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.