COOPERSTOWN — Ichiro Suzuki stole the show with his nearly 20-minute speech, delivered in English. Long known to those around him for speaking English well, Ichiro always chose to speak publicly in ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Shortly after he retired in 2019, Ichiro attended a Mariners game as a fan, sitting in the stands with his wife, Yumiko, for the first time. “We did it the American way by eating ...

Ichiro arrived in Seattle in 2001, via Peoria, Ariz., as an enigma wrapped in flashy outfits. No Japanese position player had conquered Major League Baseball, and significant doubt throughout the ...

Dan Wilson met Ichiro on a Peoria, Ariz., ballfield in the opening days of Spring Training 2001, now more than 24 years ago — but Seattle’s catcher-turned-manager remembers his first interaction with ...

In terms of franchise altering players, there aren’t many in Mariners history like Ichiro Suzuki. The native of Toyoyama, Japan, had his number 51 retired on Aug. 9 before a game between the Mariners ...