Seattle sailors' fans received a special appearance from Ichiro Suzuki in the right garden during their scrimmage on Wednesday.
The member of the Baseball Hall of Fame played for the “Home” team in T-Mobile Park, with its retired uniform No. 51 with “Ichiro” on the back. It was in the same alignment as the sailors starring Cal Raleigh and Julio Rodríguez, the last of which was signed a year before Ichiro joined the franchise. The tickets for the scrimmage were $ 10.
Ichiro, who turns 52 on October 22, even caught an emerging window in the garden and then showed Rodríguez's registered celebration “No Fly Zone.”
Do a play, Ichi! 🙅️ pic.twitter.com/MV1JX6BSJP
– Seattle Mariners – and (@mariners) October 2, 2025
Avistamation of the Hall of Fame 🐐👀 pic.twitter.com/qefammve3q
– Seattle Mariners – and (@mariners) October 1, 2025
Raleight said earlier in the “The Pat McAfee Show” that Ichiro is close during spring training and every game at home in progress: pants, tacos and everything. He has also launched live batting practice in the past.
“Even in spring or cage training, you would ask Ichi, hey, can I get a little, you know, live from the BP action?” Raleight said. “And he went there and simply carved the boys. He has broken multiple of my bats before. And he takes it seriously. He is not playing, he is trying to get them out there … I mean, he is letting him tear.”
Ichiro spent 14 seasons with the sailors, accumulating 10 appearances in All-Star and gaining honors of MVP and rookie of the year in 2001. He has franchise records for a variety of statistical categories that include average batting (.321), successes (2,542), in Bates (7,907), triples (79) and Sub (438).
Seattle withdrew their number 51 in August, but fans saw the family number in the right garden once again on Wednesday.
