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 age 38. He logged his 3,000th hit in 2016, when he was 42.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • This is a column about baseball’s Hall of Fame. A generic label about a place, and the people who populate it, who are as far from generic as one can travel. • There are hundreds of ...

SEATTLE – Years later, the details of his first encounter with Ichiro Suzuki are a bit fuzzy. The feeling is what remains for Justin Novak. “I was so nervous,” Novak said. “I’m, like, screaming inside ...

The Seattle Mariners have finally retired Ichiro’s and Randy Johnson’s #51 jersey on August 8th, 2025! The Mariners’ ballpark was sold out as they faced the Rays on Sunday night. Regardless of the ...

SEATTLE — When Steven Kwan was growing up in the Bay Area, he’d spend summers with his Japanese grandmother. And every day, the NHK network would be on the television. And every day, there would be a ...

SEATTLE — Before a game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday at T-Mobile Park, the Seattle Mariners will honor one of the greatest baseball players of the 21st century. The Mariners will retire ...

There were tidbits from that one meeting that Carroll took forward into the start of his professional career, and he still tries to follow even after winning NL Rookie of the Year and being a two-time ...