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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.
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.
