Ichiro Suzuki was one of the faces of baseball during the 2000s after making the jump from the Japanese League to join the Seattle Mariners, paving the
If Ichiro Suzuki is elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday -- which he could potentially do as the first position player with a unanimous vote -- it’s widely expected that when he’s enshrined this July,
Seattle Mariners legend Ichiro Suzuki is set to earn election into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. This comes on the heels of his
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Ichiro Suzuki becomes first Japanese player to make Hall of Fame. Shohei Ohtani on track to be next
Ichiro Suzuki is about to get his Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he’s more than just a baseball star
Ichiro debuted in Major League Baseball in 2001 with the Seattle Mariners, the first Japanese position player to span the Pacific and an instant star. Left-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and Hideki Matsui came just after, both boosting the country’s confidence in a period of national malaise.
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Ichiro Suzuki headlines 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class, receiving 99.7% of the vote
On April 2, 2001, Bret Boone jogged to second base for a chilly Opening Day in Seattle. The roof at Safeco Field was open, the upstart Oakland Athletics were in town, and ESPN2 had the national broadcast. Boone was preparing for the first pitch of his 10th season when second base umpire Kerwin Danley called his name.
Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he’s much more than that in Japan. Back home, he’s a wellspring of national pride, much like Shohei Ohtani now. His triumphs across the Pacific buoyed the nation as Japan’s economy sputtered through the so-called lost decades of the 1990s and into the 2000s.
Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he is much more than that at home in Japan. Ichiro is a wellspring of national pride — like Shohei Ohtani now —
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Ichiro debuted in Major League Baseball in 2001 with the Seattle Mariners, the first Japanese position player to span the Pacific and an instant star. Right-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him ...
An unprecedented left-handed batter raised in Japan has accomplished yet another feat. His brilliant performances and numerous great records will be engraved in the history of U.S. baseball to be remembered for years to come.
Expected to be the first Japanese player elected to the Cooperstown on Tuesday, Ichiro is a wellspring of national pride and his fame across the Pacific when he joined MLB was therapeutic for his
On Tuesday, the Seattle Mariners and fans will find out if Ichiro Suzuki will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Or more accurately, whether or not Su
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