As a Mariners icon gets his Cooperstown call, teammates and opponents share what makes him 100% Hall of Fame worthy.

With total respect, I didn’t know if he knew any English. So I looked over, and, in my imitation of what I heard in Japan, I said, “Ichiro, nice batting.” And he looks at me and goes ...

Ichiro grew to be hip in the majors, which fit the nation’s branding as “Cool Japan.” On the way, he bumped into pressure in Japan to conform, expressed in the saying “deru kugi wa utareru.” Roughly ...

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Ichiro Suzuki was a near-unanimous selection for the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday night. That was no surprise. What was a surprise -- at least to Ichiro himself -- was when a fellow Mariners legen ...

Ichiro began his MLB odyssey in 2001 with the Mariners, already a seasoned professional at the age of 27, and quickly became ...

Even six years into retirement, Ichiro Suzuki retains his burning passion for baseball, training hard every day so he can ...

Baseball legend Ichiro Suzuki has humorously addressed the one Hall of Fame voter who did not select him, despite an otherwise near-unanimous decision. Ichiro, famed for his except ...

Ichiro Suzuki sped into the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday the same way he electrified baseball since he was ...

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