Overview
- The Mariners unveiled an Ichiro Suzuki statue outside Seattle's T-Mobile Park on Friday, when the bat bent as the cover came off.
- Ichiro, Edgar Martinez, Ken Griffey Jr., and team chairman John Stanton helped pull the sheet and were seen laughing at the mishap.
- Leaning on humor, Ichiro joked that Mariano Rivera must have broken it, and emcee Rick Rizzs quipped that an inside fastball still went for a hit.
- Outlets reported the club is moving the bat upright and expects repairs soon.
- The tribute follows Ichiro’s Hall of Fame induction and the retirement of his No. 51 in August 2025, and it joins existing statues of Griffey and Martinez at the park.