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After receiving the call from the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Ichiro Suzuki sat down with Bob Costas to talk about his historic journey in the Majors

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.

Long before Shohei Ohtani became a global baseball sensation, there was another quiet, focused star who captured the imagination of two countries. The post What is Ichiro Suzuki’s Ethnicity and Nationality?

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.

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