SEATTLE (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki paused at times to collect his thoughts and placed his hand on his heart as he spoke thoughtfully about what it meant to have his No. 51 retired by the Seattle Mariners.

The chants started long before the sheet covering his name and number in left-center was dropped. They started well before he made his much-anticipated appearance from behind the wall in center field.

Dan Wilson met Ichiro on a Peoria, Ariz., ballfield in the opening days of Spring Training 2001, now more than 24 years ago — but Seattle’s catcher-turned-manager remembers his first interaction with ...

The Seattle Mariners retired Ichiro Suzuki's No. 51 in a special ceremony on Saturday night at T-Mobile Park. It's the third player number to be retired by the organization, along with Ken Griffey Jr.

It’s been good to get to know Ichiro over the last few weeks. We watched him for 14 seasons and marveled at the things he could do on a baseball field. He was — is — ours, but we never really knew him ...

Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki joins Mariners legends with No. 51 retirement The Seattle Mariners have retired Ichiro Suzuki's iconic No. 51 jersey in a ceremony at T-Mobile Park By LUKE OLSON - ...