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• The Royals Review Hall of Fame ballots

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Who deserves enshrinement in Cooperstown? Baseball writers are currently mulling over this year’s Hall of Fame candidates, with selections to be announced on January 21. None of us at Royals Review have a vote but who would we vote for if we did? You can see the list of eligible candidates and their career statistics here. Here are our ballots with some wr...2024
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• The Next Brewers Hall of Famers (and a Hall-of-Fame Rabbit Hole)

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images I have thoughts. On Sunday, former Brewer All-Star Dave Parker was one of two players (along with Dick Allen) inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, via the Era Committee’s Classic Baseball Era (formerly known as the Veterans Committee) ballot. I’m a Hall junkie, so I had a million thoughts, some of which I will share. But the thought that will guide me: who...2024
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• Ichiro working to help recruit top free agent to Seattle Mariners

Discover which top talent Ichiro Suzuki is helping recruit to the Seattle Mariners this offseason as MLB free agency continues....2024
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• Dick Allen, Dave Parker elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Set Number: X17503 TK5 The two sluggers will be inducted into Cooperstown next summer. The Baseball Hall of Fame announced the election of Dick Allen and Dave Parker by the Classic Baseball Era Committee. The 16-member committee chose from eight candidates whose primary contribution was before the 1980 season. Parker receives 14 of 16 votes, while Allen received 13 votes, above the 75 perc...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Who would you want to take the most important Golden At-Bat for the Cubs?

Aramis Ramírez walks off the Brewers The late night coffee shop engages in hypotheticals Welcome to the late week pop-up coffee shop that serves all the beverages imaginable to get you through your week. Are you looking for that late night scotch as the clock ticks into Friday or that first cup of coffee as the sun rises? Whatever your pleasure, we’ve got it all — along with some incredibl...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 3, 2024

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images Bobby Witt Jr. is named Royals Player of the Year, to no surprise. The Kansas City chapter of the BBWAA names Bobby Witt Jr. the Les Milgram Player of the Year. “It’s an honor, any award you receive,” Witt said during a call with local media on Monday. “Especially with our team and how talented it is, you don’t really get these awards without those guys. “...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, November 25

Derrek Lee hits one over the fence | Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Derrek Lee arrives in one of the Cubs’ better trades, the Last Waltz, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorfu...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Troy Tulowitzki’s Hall of Fame case

Photo by Jacob de Golish/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, November 20, 2024 The National Baseball Hall of Fame released the ballot for the 2025 cycle on Monday, with a cast of characters both returning and debuting for the first time on the ballot. The new batch of candidates features a no-brainer like Ichiro Suzuki while featuring a slew of debatable players who...2024
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• Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia lead list of 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame hopefuls

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Ichiro Suzuki leads a long list of Hall of Fame hopefuls On Monday, the ballot for the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame voting was released. (We already covered the Classic Era ballot–formerly referred to as the Veterans Committee ballot–here.) There’s one obvious choice and a few others who have a shot at getting voted in this year, plus a handful of interes...2024
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• The Brewers and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot

RICK WOOD / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK Three former Brewers appear on this year’s ballot Monday marked the release of the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. The biggest new name on the ballot is that of Ichiro Suzuki, who could become the second unanimous Hall of Famer after Mariano Rivera in 2019. But there are two newcomers and one holdover who have a history with the...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta trades Fred McGriff to Tampa Bay

Braves Franchise History 1958 - Milwaukee Braves second baseman Red Schoendienst is diagnosed as having tuberculosis and will appear in just five games in 1959. 1997 - The Braves trade Fred McGriff to the expansion Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for a player to be named later. 2002 - The Florida Marlins send recently-acquired pitcher Mike Hampton to the Atlanta Braves for Ryan Baker and Tim Spooneyba...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 22, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Yet another day off. Michael Lorenzen righted the ship after a rocky first few innings last night: “I was rushing through a lot of stuff, and instead of hitting the panic button, you’re trying to figure out how to problem-solve out there and figure out exactly what’s off,” Lorenzen said. “I felt like I was able to figure it out and slow things down, slowed m...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, March 20

Babe Didrickson makes her pitch. March 20, 1934. A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Babe Didrikson makes her pitch, and other stories. Important events in world history. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lor...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Spring awakenings

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Ohtani hits his first home run in a Dodger uniform. The Dodgers make a couple more moves. A Giants legend moves to St. Louis. Ichiro’s relationship with Cooperstown and other news from baseball. Good morning. Jeff Passan just ordered two “LISA WAS RIGHT.” shirts which is even more proof why Jeff Passan is the absolute best there i...2024
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• Blog Bat-Around: 5 best pack-pulled hits (plus a few others)

All right, time to inject a little spirit of community into the blog world again. Everyone's gone off into their own directions, even if they didn't ditch their blog 10 years ago. What we need is another Blog Bat-Around.This version was started by Matt of Diamond Jesters. Inspired by his recent pull of a Tony Gwynn bat relic in 2024 Topps, he listed his top five pack-pulled hits.I'm taking u...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, January 5

Happy birthday, Bob Dernier! | Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. A good day for center fielders, several sad passings, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of...2024
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• Tonight: Come to Sox Park for AAPI Heritage Night!
Get to the park early enough to claim one of 10,000 boutique, Filipino-flavored White Sox T-shirts, by Chicago artist Brian Nevado. | Chicago White Sox Five Asian American White Sox fans share their journeys and love of the game in advance of the celebration “Chicago embraces so many ethnicities, and it’s a beautiful part of the fabric of our city,” lifelong White Sox fan Kenny Nakai says...2023
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• Outside The Confines: Is the MLBPA going to stand up for MiLB?
Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Seems like some interesting changes might be coming. In some late-breaking Sunday news that we will most certainly be hearing a lot more about in the coming week, it appears that a vote is on the way to see how Minor League players feel about having the MLPBA act as their collective bargaining representative. BREAKING: Minor Leaguer...2022
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• Asian and American Ballplayers Face Unusual Challenges When Living Abroad
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• Fourteen Years After 116-Win Record, Mariners Ready to End Playoff Drought
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"Outfielder Ichiro Suzuki and pitcher CC Sabathia are among 14 new candidates on the Hall of Fame ballot released Monday, joining 14 holdovers led by reliever Billy Wagner."

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"LOOK: MLB legend Ichiro Suzuki breaks window while hitting home run at 50 years old"

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"Iris Skinner and Mariners icon Ichiro Suzuki have quite a history together."

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"The Seattle Mariners will induct Ichiro Suzuki into the team's Hall of Fame during a game on Aug."

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"Ichiro Suzuki enjoyed one of America's staple meals."

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"For the final time in his legendary career, Ichiro Suzuki walked off the field to thunderous applause as the crowd at the Tokyo Dome gave him a standing ovation that lasted for well over two minutes."

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"Ichiro Suzuki’s agent, John Boggs, tells Barry Bloom of MLB."

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"With a rare start in center against the Cubs on Sunday, Ichiro Suzuki made history."

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"Ichiro Suzuki, going strong at age 42, is energizing the Marlins."

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"The reasons the Marlins initially signed Ichiro Suzuki as a free agent in January remain in place today."

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"Ichiro Suzuki Speaks, Cooperstown Listens Don't order that retirement cake just yet for legendary outfielder Ichiro Suzuki."

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• Ichiro working to help recruit top free agent to Seattle Mariners
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• BCB After Dark: Who would you want to take the most important Golden At-Bat for the Cubs?
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• Outside The Confines: Blake Snell is the first to go

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images The hot stove means we know big changes are coming to some teams. Hot stove season means we know that a lot of changes will be coming to teams around baseball, either by offloading talent to save money and stock up the farm system, or attempting to bolster their rosters and make a run for the 2025 offseason. Blake Snell signed a deal late...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Troy Tulowitzki’s Hall of Fame case
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• Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia lead list of 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame hopefuls
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• Ben Zobrist is on the 2025 Hall of Fame ballot

Ben Zobrist after his 10th inning double in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The Hall released its ballot Monday. I’m burying the lede here on purpose because a popular former Cub is on the Hall of Fame ballot. Clearly, Ichiro Suzuki is the top name among newcomers to this year’s ballot. It’s possible, perhaps even likely, that Ichiro could become the se...2024
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• Ben Zobrist and Fernando Rodney are on the 2025 BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot

Photo by J. Meric/Getty Images Two Rays have a chance at enshrinement The ballot is out for the Baseball Writers Association of America to vote to select the National Baseball Hall of Fame class of 2025. In total, there are 28 players on the ballot for the nearly 400 voting members for the BBWAA to choose from. Voters can only selected up to 10 players on each ballot, but may also turn in ...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Troy Tulowitzki’s Hall of Fame case
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• Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia lead list of 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame hopefuls
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• Ben Zobrist is on the 2025 Hall of Fame ballot
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• Cubs free agent target: Juan Soto

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Let’s address the proverbial elephant in the room. Let me make clear my personal point of view on this topic right now, so there’s no question about it. The Cubs aren’t signing Juan Soto. Period, end of story. Yes, this even though he says he’s open to all 30 teams, including... The Rays are reportedly among the seven known teams that have reached out to Juan S...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 22, 2024
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• Shohei Ohtani surpasses Ichiro Suzuki with impressive milestone

On Friday night in an 11-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani cranked his 54th home run of the season, but that wasn’t even his most impressive moment....2024
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• Outside The Confines: Saying goodbye

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images The Oakland A’s are in their final days. The White Sox avoid history for one more day. The Reds fire their manager. And other news around MLB. The White Sox won last night, thanks in large part to the Angels dropping an easy infield fly in the bottom of the eighth. So the White Sox breaking the record of the 1962 Mets will have to wait until another day, and...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 22, 2024
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• Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer, and Todd Helton elected to the Hall of Fame

Adrián Beltré leads the 2024 HOF class, with 366 votes. | Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Mark Buehrle drops 2.5% in voting, but survives to see another year New InducteesAdrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer are the newest MLB Hall of Fame members. All three reached the necessary 75% support on the Baseball Writers’ Association of America Hall of Fame ballot. Beltré recei...2024
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• Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s 2 free agency leaders could have domino effect for Juan Soto

Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images The race for the 25-year-old Japanese ace is heating up. As the MLB Winter Meetings roll on, a huge spotlight is on a right-handed pitcher from Japan with a devastating array of pitches, and the numerous clubs clamoring for his services. We are of course talking about Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the 25-year-old right hander. Did you have someone else in mind? Whi...2023
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• MLB Winter Meetings: Shohei Ohtani, Juan Soto and Yoshinobu Yamamoto among big storylines

D. Ross Cameron-USA TODAY Sports The baseball world descends on Nashville this week, and here is what to watch for The 2023 MLB Winter Meetings are set to get underway today in Nashville. Certainly the main headline is the status of free agent Shohei Ohtani, but his landing spot for next season is not the only major topic on the docket this week. Here are some of the other major storylines...2023
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• Ichiro passes Cobb; Marlins open to 2016 return
The reasons the Marlins initially signed Ichiro Suzuki as a free agent in January remain in place today. The organization has been so impressed by the 41-year-old that they are open to bringing him back in 2016....2015
• Source: Ichiro, Marlins agree to 1-year deal
The Marlins have filled a need for a fourth outfielder by agreeing on Friday to a one-year contract with 10-time All-Star Ichiro Suzuki, a baseball source confirmed to MLB.com. The deal is pending a physical. The club has not confirmed the deal....2015
• Ichiro's 4 hits energize Marlins past Rays
Ichiro Suzuki, going strong at age 42, is energizing the Marlins. The veteran outfielder had four singles, one RBI and a run scored on Monday night, and he was in the heart of the club's eighth-inning rally that lifted Miami to a 7-6 win over the Rays at Marlins Park....2016
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• Marlins go the extra mile to introduce Ichiro
Five team executives flew 18 hours to Japan to properly welcome Ichiro Suzuki -- who signed a one-year, $2 million contract on Tuesday night -- into the family....2015
• Ichiro ties Cobb with 4,191 professional hits
Ichiro Suzuki is at a point in his career where each hit moves him closer to another milestone. With his opposite-field single in the fifth inning of the Marlins' 3-1 loss to the Cardinals on Friday night, the 41-year-old now has the distinction of being mentioned in the same sentence as the legendary Ty Cobb....2015
• Ichiro moves past Babe on all-time hits list
Ichiro Suzuki passed Babe Ruth on the all-time hits list in his first at-bat, going the other way on a 3-2 pitch to lead off the second inning with a single to left-center....2015
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• Mets rally late to clinch series over Marlins
A late scratch on Saturday afternoon removed Yoenis Cespedes from the lineup, and his replacements were able to pick up the slack. Juan Lagares made a runs-saving catch on Ichiro Suzuki in the sixth inning. And in the eighth inning, Matt Reynolds, who pinch-hit for Lagares, laced an RBI single that rallied New York to a 6-4 win over Miami at Marlins Park....2016
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• Ichiro Suzuki to Marlins: Latest Contract Details, Comments, Reaction
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• Is Aaron Nola back to being a fantasy ace? - June 6, 2023
Justin Turner (DH-BOS) went 1-for-3 with a solo homer and a walk against the Rays on Monday. Turner was one of the few bright spots for the Red Sox in their 4-1 loss to Tampa Bay during Monday's series finale at Fenway Park. Turner contributed Boston's only run with his sixth-inning solo shot off Shane McClanahan. The dinger was Turner's seventh of the season, five of which have come during the pa...2023
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• Hitter Profiles: Aged Rookies
Like fine wine, some Rookies are simply better with age. Now I am not talking Rooke of the Year winners such as Jose Abreu or Ichiro Suzuki, who dominated upon their arrival to the MLB at a more advanced age. Those guys had a leg up as stars in the native leagues prior to taking the MLB by storm. No, we are talking about the guys like Jose Martinez, Shane Spencer or Ryan Shimpf who took the lea...2022
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• Dee Gordon's PED Suspension Stunner Is Gut Punch for MLB
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• Astros Sparkplug Jose Altuve Rising as Dark-Horse AL MVP Threat
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• Andruw Jones and Brian McCann appear on 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Will this be the year for Andruw? The BBWAA has officially announced the 2025 ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame and the Atlanta Braves will have two prominent figures on the ballot this year, as Andruw Jones is returning to the ballot for another season and Brian McCann is making his first-ever appearance on the ballot. It’s bal...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta trades Fred McGriff to Tampa Bay
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• Cubs free agent target: Juan Soto
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• Outside The Confines: Saying goodbye
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• Baseball history unpacked, November 25
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• Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia lead list of 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame hopefuls
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• Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia among first-timers on Hall of Fame ballot

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Former Royals infielder Ben Zobrist is also on the ballot. Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia headline a list of 14 new candidates on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for enshrinement in Cooperstown. Also on the list is former Royals infielder Ben Zobrist, who was part of the championship team in 2015. Other first-timers include Carlos González, Curtis Granders...2024
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• Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer elected to Hall of Fame

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Former Royals outfielder Carlos Beltrán falls a bit short The Baseball Hall of Fame announced this evening that writers have elected Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer to be inducted along with former manager Jim Leyeland this summer. Former Royals outfielder Carlos Beltrán improved his vote total from 46.5 percent to 57.1 perce...2024
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• Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s 2 free agency leaders could have domino effect for Juan Soto
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• Since We Last Met: Seattle Mariners

Ty France and Eugenio Suárez of the Seattle Mariners celebrate a win against the Chicago White Sox at T-Mobile Park on June 18, 2023, in Seattle | Alika Jenner/Getty Images Everybody’s favorite second team (ok, maybe just mine) pays a visit to the South Side The red-hot Seattle Mariners pay a visit to the South Side of Chicago to take on your White Sox. These surging Mariners have won eig...2023
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• The Best 60-Game Stretch in a Century Belongs to Ichiro Suzuki
No one managed to hit .400 this year despite excited speculation about the possibility in a truncated season, underscoring how impressive Suzuki’s late-season stretch in 2004 was....2020
• Ichiro Suzuki to retire
Ichiro Suzuki will announce his retirement following the completion of Thursday morning’s game between the Mariners and Athletics in Tokyo, Jim Allen of the Kyodo News reports (Twitter link). Ichiro has already informed the Mariners about his decision. The 45-year-old outfielder is in Thursday’s lineup, starting in right field in the 2,653rd game of his MLB career. The official announcement ends m...2019
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