Ichiro falls a vote short of being the second unanimous choice ever. CC makes it in his first year of eligibility, Wagner in his last. The recent ballot glut has cleared.
The Seattle Mariners will retire Ichiro Suzuki's No. 51 during "Ichiro Hall of Fame Weekend" on Aug. 8-10, the team announced.Seattle will retire Suzuki's number during a pre-game ceremony at T-Mobile Park on Aug.
Ichiro joins fellow Hall of Famers Ken Griffey Jr. (No. 24) and Edgar Martinez (No. 11), along with Jackie Robinson (No. 42) as the only players to have their number retired by the Mariners. In a pregame ceremony on Aug. 9, Ichiro's No. 51 will officially be hung up for good.
The Seattle Mariners will honor the new Cooperstown, N.Y., member by retiring and displaying his number alongside fellow franchise Hall of Famers Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar Martinez.
On the same day that Ichiro Suzuki learned that he'd been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Seattle Mariners announced that they'll retire his No. 51 during the upcoming season: Ichiro's number will be officially honored in a ceremony prior to the Mariners' game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday,
The Seattle Mariners have several franchise greats who can also boast to being considered in the most elite echelon of players. Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez
The Seattle Mariners have retired jerseys of some legendary names to have played for them. Ichiro Suzuki's No. 51 jersey will be among them, joining Mariners legends Ken Griffey Jr.
After the Japanese legend was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame earlier in the day, the Seattle Mariners added to Suzuki's big day by announcing that they will retire his iconic No. 51 on Aug. 9 this summer.
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Welcome to the Hall of Fame, Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner. It's a remarkable achievement to survive the gauntlet of baseball writers to get elected to Cooperstown: After all, the Baseball Hall of Fame remains the toughest to gain entry to,
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