COOPERSTOWN — Ichiro Suzuki stole the show with his nearly 20-minute speech, delivered in English. Long known to those around him for speaking English well, Ichiro always chose to speak publicly in ...

Ichiro Suzuki brought gratitude and humility to the stage in Cooperstown at his Baseball Hall of Fame induction. But in a 20-minute speech, the Seattle Mariners' newest Hall of Famer also brought the ...

Dan Wilson met Ichiro on a Peoria, Ariz., ballfield in the opening days of Spring Training 2001, now more than 24 years ago — but Seattle’s catcher-turned-manager remembers his first interaction with ...

Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Billy Wagner, left, Ichiro Suzuki, second from left, and CC Sabathia, center, pose for a photo with Willa Allen, second from right, widow of Baseball Hall of Fame ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Shortly after he retired in 2019, Ichiro attended a Mariners game as a fan, sitting in the stands with his wife, Yumiko, for the first time. “We did it the American way by eating ...

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 ...

SEATTLE — It’s been good to get to know Ichiro over the last few weeks. We watched him for 14 seasons and marveled at the things he could do on a baseball field. He was — is — ours, but we never ...

On April 2, 2001, Bret Boone jogged to second base for a chilly Opening Day in Seattle. The roof at Safeco Field was open, the upstart Oakland Athletics were in town, and ESPN2 had the national ...

It’s hard to imagine, now that Ichiro Suzuki has taken his place in Cooperstown as one of the best pure hitters in baseball history, that there was a time he felt so unappreciated by his own teammates ...