Expected to be the first Japanese player elected to the Cooperstown on Tuesday, Ichiro is a wellspring of national pride and his fame across the Pacific when he joined MLB was therapeutic for his

No one has ever walked through these doors with the sport-changing, Hall-changing, planet-changing possibilities of Ichiro.

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Former Mariners, Yankees, and Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki became a Hall of Famer on Thursday, but he was not a unanimous selection

Ichiro Suzuki could have been immortalized as a first-ballot Hall of Famer nearly a decade ago. He was last a full-time starter in 2012, at 38. He logged his 3,000th hit in 2016, when he was 42. Still, he made us wait three more years to celebrate his retirement.

The first time Ichiro Suzuki set foot into the Baseball Hall ... throwing a complete game at the Tokyo Dome. He threw 171 pitches, Idelson says. “It’s just unbelievable," Idelson says ...

Ichiro Suzuki has become the first Japanese player to make it to baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is likely to be the next.

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 ...

One of MLB's most adored figures, Suzuki's statistical accomplishments are staggering, and his success supercharged a Japanese talent pipeline that continues today.

The first time Ichiro Suzuki set foot into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown ... He recently pitched to a teenage Japanese women's All-Star team, throwing a complete game at the Tokyo Dome. He threw 171 pitches, Idelson says.

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 — 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 ...