Ichiro Suzuki could have been immortalized as a first ... he wasn’t using machines, he could shock you with his range of motion. The man stretched before breakfast. He stretched ahead of the ...

In Nov. 2000, Seattle announced their signing of Ichiro, a 27-year-old star from the Orix Blue Wave and first Japanese-born position player to join MLB. And he would ... 116-win team that year ...

They missed the playoffs by one game for the second season in a row last year (22nd time in 23 years) and had an unusually quiet offseason by the standards of team ... Ichiro Suzuki to Throw First ...

TOKYO (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball ... told The Associated Press. On Tuesday, he’s expected to be the first Japanese player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, and possibly ...

There was no question that Ichiro Suzuki would be elected to the National Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility; the question was, like Ken Griffey Jr. before him, if he would earn the ...

SEATTLE -- Seattle Mariners legend Ichiro Suzuki showed off ... Ichiro is the the first Japanese player to make the Hall of Fame. He still works for the team in an advisory capacity and is a ...

Ichiro Suzuki plans ... latter's baseball career. Suzuki earned an astounding 99.9 percent of the vote last month to become the first Japanese-born inductee. He will enter the Hall of Fame ...