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 before ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 age 38. He logged his 3,000th hit in 2016, when he was 42.

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 ...

The Seattle Mariners will have its third player in franchise history etched into baseball immortality when Ichiro Suzuki is inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 27 in Cooperstown, ...

Editor’s Note: This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s desk covering leadership, personal development and success through the lens of sports. Follow Peak here. When Ichiro Suzuki is inducted into ...

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 — 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 ...

Those were just some of the things Ichiro talked about through a translator during a 22-minute sit-down interview with Bob Costas that will air Saturday at 4 p.m. on the MLB Network, one day before ...