George Brett joins Jon Morosi at the Hall of Fame parade to discuss his friendships with other hall of famers and his admiration for Ichiro Suzuki

Exactly two hitters, ever, got 3,000 hits after their age-26 season: Rose (3,357) and Ichiro (3,089), decades later. Nobody else is within 150 of Ichiro, and the closest active player, Paul Goldschmidt, is just over halfway at 1,668 post-age-26 hits through Friday. Aaron Judge? Mike Trout? Jose Altuve? Sorry, not even close.

The family of legendary Mariners broadcaster Dave Niehaus — the voice of Seattle baseball for more than three decades — shared a quiet exchange they had with 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?’”

Mike Cameron talks about Ichiro Suzuki's upcoming Hall of Fame induction, what Ichiro did for his career, CC Sabathia and more