NEW YORK (AP) — Used to leading off, Ichiro Suzuki got antsy when he had to wait. Considered a no-doubt pick for baseball's Hall of Fame and possibly the second unanimous selection, he waited by ...

Ichiro received 99.7% of the Hall of Fame vote, which left him just one vote shy of a unanimous selection. The single vote left former New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera as the only player to ...

In his second stint with the Mariners, Ichiro retired at age 45, after a game in Tokyo in March 2019. Ichiro, 51, has remained a part of the Mariners organization as a special assistant to the ...

Tokyo-based author Robert Whiting, who wrote the book "The Meaning of Ichiro", told AFP that the left-handed batter's speed and technique "changed the way that people looked at baseball".

"Ichiro is a superstar who has inspired the hopes and dreams of many," Tokyo's top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters. Japanese home run king Sadaharu Oh called it a "very happy ...

TOKYO (AP) — 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 ...

TOKYO (AP) — 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 ...

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 ...