1 day ago · Five years after retiring, Ichiro became eligible and secured his place with an impressive 92.6% of the vote in Japan and an extraordinary 99.7% in the United States -- just one vote shy of ...

Jan 20, 2025 · Seattle Mariners’ Ichiro Suzuki, of Japan, hits a solo home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Sunday, May 31, 2009, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File) ... Ichiro made global news just over a year ago when he broke a window with a 426-foot home run while teaching students batting ...

Jan 21, 2025 · FILE - Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki smiles as he visits with players and coaches before batting practice before the team's baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Get AP's first personalized newsletter delivering you entertainment news twice a week. See All Newsletters. Business. SECTIONS. ... Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki, of Japan, makes a leaping catch at the wall to rob Cleveland Indians’ Carlos Santana of a hit in the fourth inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 17, 2012, in ...

3 days ago · When Ichiro arrived in MLB with the Mariners in 2001, it was an inflection point for the sport.\n\n“Baptism by fire,” is how he described it through an interpreter after his Hall election.\n\nIchiro was the 11th player from Japan to join our …

Jan 21, 2025 · Ichiro Suzuki has made even more history. The all-time great became the first player from Japan to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the 2025 class.

Ichiro Suzuki, the dominant contact hitter whose 19 years in the major leagues, most of them with the Seattle Mariners, were lined with records and accolades, on Tuesday became the first Asian ...

Jan 20, 2025 · TOKYO — 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.

Jan 16, 2025 · BREAKING NEWS: Ichiro Suzuki elected to Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame <FULL STORY> ==Kyodo. Jan 16, 2025 | KYODO NEWS. Popular. BREAKING NEWS: Seattle Mariners to retire Ichiro Suzuki's No. 51 ... BREAKING NEWS: Rubio, Japan's Iwaya discussed N. Korea's alignment with Rus. Jan 22, 2025 | KYODO NEWS. Latest Video. More from Others. Japan braces ...

Jan 16, 2025 · Ichiro Suzuki, who had a total of 4,367 hits between Japan and the United States, was announced as one of the newest members of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame on Thursday.