Newly elected Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki will throw the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day for h ...

The former Mariners superstar was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote (named on all but one ballot) ...

Ichiro grew to be hip in the majors, which fit the nation’s branding as “Cool Japan.” On the way, he bumped into pressure in Japan to conform, expressed in the saying “deru kugi wa utareru.” Roughly ...

True to form, Ichiro would go on to give a short speech in English while enjoying a glass of champagne inside the clubhouse to celebrate the milestone. “After that, it was business as usual for him, ...

Ichiro debuted in Major League Baseball in 2001 ... expressed in the saying “deru kugi wa utareru.” Roughly in English: “The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.” ...

Newly elected Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki spoke Friday of his excitement about Major League Baseball staging its ...

With total respect, I didn’t know if he knew any English. So I looked over, and, in my imitation of what I heard in Japan, I said, “Ichiro, nice batting.” And he looks at me and goes ...

Ichiro Suzuki could have been immortalized as ... He didn’t do interviews in English, and other than a few lighthearted queries about his daring fashion sense, he didn’t entertain many ...

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player ... who was not asked about the one vote in a brief, English-portion of a news conference following the announcement, said through an interpreter.

“I actually started kind of getting nervous,” Ichiro said in a Tuesday conference call. “So, I was actually relieved when I first got the call.” Suzuki took limited questions in English ...