Ichiro delivers memorable Hall of Fame speech
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Ichiro Suzuki shades former team
Who knew that Ichiro Suzuki’s Hall of Fame acceptance speech was going to turn into a roast? While Ichiro was most well-known for his time with the Seattle Mariners, the Major League Baseball single-season hits leader spent three of his 19 MLB seasons with the Miami Marlins.
And on Thursday night, that's where Julio Rodriguez found himself. The history was made when Rodriguez stole third base in the first inning. It was his 20th steal of the season. Rodriguez has now stolen 20 bases in each of his first four MLB season. The only other player in Seattle franchise history to do that was Ichiro.
“Lou Piniella was very skeptical,” said Larry Stone, a Seattle Times baseball writer who has covered Ichiro’s career extensively. “That spring training, Ichiro started off not pulling the ball, not driving the ball. And Lou was like, ‘Who is this guy? When is he going to show me something?’”