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The Seattle Mariners unveiled a statue honoring franchise legend Ichiro Suzuki on Friday only to get hard a lesson in bronze work. Fortunately, the Hall-of-Fame right fielder has a good sense of humor.
Ichiro Suzuki has never let a language barrier stop him from producing viral soundbites or cracking jokes in English. While speaking to celebrated sportscaster Bob Costas back in the 2000s, the Japanese sports icon and Seattle Mariners legend famously broke out a profanity-laden “expression” that centered around two wool-sock dwelling rats in Kansas City. During […] The post Yankees legend Mariano Rivera catches stray for Ichiro statue’s broken bat appeared first on ClutchPoints.
As the Mariners unveiled a statue of Ichiro Suzuki on Friday afternoon, it became quickly apparent that something was very wrong.
The Seattle Mariners on Friday unveiled a statue of Ichiro Suzuki, only it had a big problem. The Mariners had announced last year that they would be building a statue of Ichiro to be unveiled during the 2026 season. The team retired Suzuki’s jersey number 51 last year, and this year, they unveiled a statue … The post Ichiro Suzuki statue has big problem appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.
Ichiro Suzuki spent the first 14 seasons of his Hall of Fame career with the Mariners, and the team commissioned a statue in his honor that was unveiled outside T-Mobile Park on Friday. However, it was damaged before it was fully revealed thanks to the bat that broke as the curtain was being pulled back. […] The post Mariners Honor Ichiro Suzuki With Statue That Needed Immediate Repairs After Bat Snapped In Half During Unveiling appeared first on BroBible.
The Seattle Mariners unveiled a statue for franchise icon Ichiro on Friday. After his first-ballot Hall of Fame induction and a jersey retirement last year, the legend came back for the statue reveal. But when a group of Mariners legends pulled the sheet off the statue, his bat bent out of shape. The formal unveiling […] The post Mariners’ Ichiro statue seemingly endures bat malfunction during unveiling appeared first on ClutchPoints.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are off to a great start, and Shohei Ohtani has been heating up as April continues. With his most recent achievement, he just tied Ichiro Suzuki with a mind-blowing stat in MLB history that few have come close to, according to Sonja Chen of MLB.com “After drawing a leadoff walk in […] The post Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani ties Ichiro Suzuki in MLB history with mind-blowing streak appeared first on ClutchPoints.
