“Congratulations on being inducted into the Hall of Fame and having your number retired,” Griffey said in a video tribute, per the Associated Press. “It’s about damn time. I mean, what took you so ...

Ichiro had his No. 51 retired by the organization in a ceremony last August and joins Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar Martinez as the only players to have their numbers retired by the organization. They ...

Ichiro Suzuki is one of those names everybody knows. Really, just Ichiro. Everybody knows Ichiro. He's the international all-time hits leader among professional baseball players, a legend who won ...

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 ...

The Mariners announced a statue of Ichiro Suzuki will join those of Edgar Martinez and Ken Griffey Jr. outside T-Mobile Park next season. It will be the fourth statue for the franchise as Hall of Fame ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki paused at times to collect his thoughts and placed his hand on his heart as he spoke thoughtfully about what it meant to have his No. 51 retired by the Seattle Mariners.

Ichiro was inducted into the M's Hall of Fame in 2022 and perhaps some of what he said will transfer over to his National Baseball Hall of Fame speech on Sunday. Seattle Mariners' legend Ichiro Suzuki ...

In terms of franchise altering players, there aren’t many in Mariners history like Ichiro Suzuki. The native of Toyoyama, Japan, had his number 51 retired on Aug. 9 before a game between the Mariners ...

SUNDAY, 12:20 p.m. ET: Because of inclement weather, the ceremony has been pushed back to 2:30 p.m. ET and 11:30 a.m. PT. SUNDAY, 10 a.m. ET: COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- On Sunday afternoon, Seattle Mariners ...