It was 25 years ago this spring that a 402nd overall Draft pick (Albert Pujols) and MLB's first position player from Japan (Ichiro Suzuki) each landed on big league rosters with question marks -- and then immediately embarked on their *inner-circle Hall of Fame careers.* This is the story of how a pair of unproven rookies came in and authored two of the very best rookie seasons in MLB history -- both in the SAME year (2001)! Don't miss our full 13-minute Ichiro Pujols 2001 timeline highlight reel: youtu.be/AM8TzJI2Hwo More Tales From The Vault: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi70flcQkwNsG0dd7rWVLEI5VCY9dieDE Don't forget to subscribe! youtube.com/MLBClassics Follow us elsewhere too: YouTube: youtube.com/@MLB Twitter: twitter.com/MLB & twitter.com/MLBVault Instagram: instagram.com/mlb & instagram.com/mlbvault Facebook: facebook.com/mlb TikTok: tiktok.com/@mlb Visit our site for all ...