For CC Sabathia, getting elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame was much easier than actually getting to the Hall of Fame.

Their journeys to baseball immortality were the talk of the weekend -- in more ways than one. For CC Sabathia, Ichiro Suzuki and Billy Wagner, induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame marked the culmination of careers that spanned generations and crossed continents.

Pitching star CC Sabathia has taken his place in Cooperstown after being inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

The Vallejo native said

CC Sabathia might be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. But that doesn’t mean he didn’t get here without a wait. First, there was the family car trouble -- hilariously chronicled on social media -- that delayed Sabathia’s arrival to this village that serves as baseball’s mecca.

New York Yankees icon CC Sabathia discussed the car troubles that delayed his journey to Cooperstown, New York for his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Para CC Sabathia, ser elegido al Salón de la Fama del Béisbol fue mucho más fácil que llegar realmente al Salón

Sabathia is part of a troupe of three wearing some New York ties that is set to be inducted Sunday at Clark Sports Center. His former teammate with the Yankees, Ichiro Suzuki, and former Mets closer Billy Wagner will join him. And they will be going in with a couple of late greats, Dave Parker and Dick Allen.