COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Hall of Famers coming to Cooperstown -- the newbies and the veterans alike -- are typically subject to a fairly regimented schedule. They have a garden party. Ozzie Smith holds an ...

That was the case on Monday when Ichiro Suzuki was just one vote shy of becoming the second player to be unanimously elected into the Hall of Fame. Ichiro received 393 of the 394 votes cast by ...

SEATTLE — Ichiro wasn’t sure he would last a year in the major leagues. Anger helped him deliver what became known as the “Star Wars” throw. He wished the third-base coach had given him the stop sign ...

SEATTLE — This weekend at T-Mobile Park, it was all about one man: 2025 National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee and former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki. The franchise legend, less than ...

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 ...

UPDATE, 1:45 p.m. ET: Sources indicate to Mariners on SI that Ichiro's entire speech will be done in English. 1:25 p.m. ET: COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Seattle Mariners' legend Ichiro Suzuki is set to join ...

For 19 seasons, MLB pitchers tried to figure out how to pitch to Ichiro Suzuki. In advance his Baseball Hall of Fame induction this weekend, some of Ichiro’s long-time foes on the mound spoke about ...

SEATTLE – Years later, the details of his first encounter with Ichiro Suzuki are a bit fuzzy. The feeling is what remains for Justin Novak. “I was so nervous,” Novak said. “I’m, like, screaming inside ...

Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, New York Yankees starting pitcher CC Sabathia and Houston Astros relief pitcher Billy Wagner were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday ...