We speak, of course, of the singular Ichiro Suzuki, the newly minted Hall of ... posting fee paid to Ichiro's team in Japan, the Orix Blue Wave, and then a three-year, $14 million pact with ...
Ichiro gave hint of great things to come as a rookie, when he hit .350, collected 242 hits, and stole 56 bases. The 10-time All-Star was MVP of the 2007 game in San Francisco, when he hit the only ...
Chuck Solomon/Sports Illustrated Ichiro Suzuki liked to say he enjoyed hitting ... when the new manager of the Orix Blue Wave, a non-conformist named Akira Ohgi, decided without consulting with ...
2000, Seattle announced their signing of Ichiro, a 27-year-old star from the Orix Blue Wave and first Japanese ... former Seattle Mariner Ichiro Suzuki acknowledges the standing ovation from ...
Ichiro Suzuki could have been immortalized as a first-ballot Hall of Famer nearly a decade ago. He was last a full-time starter in 2012, at 38. He logged his 3,000th hit in 2016, when he was 42.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 is complete after Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner were voted in by the Baseball ... in recognition of nine seasons with the Orix Blue ...
Ichiro Suzuki warms up on deck before the start of ... 2000, Seattle announced their signing of Ichiro, a 27-year-old star from the Orix Blue Wave and first Japanese-born position player to ...