Ichiro Suzuki’s induction<\/a> into the Baseball Hall of Fame.<\/p>\nOne of the most prolific players in franchise history, Ichiro was inducted into the sport’s Hall of Fame on July 27. The 10-time All-Star played his first 12 seasons in Seattle after coming to the U.S. following a decade of playing professionally in his home country of Japan.<\/p>\n
The Mariners began the week with a three-day Ichiro Hall of Fame Funko POP! giveaway for the first 10,000 fans at each of the team’s three games from Aug. 5-7.<\/p>\n
The festivities ramp up beginning Friday with Ichiro Jersey Night. For the game against the Tampa Bay Rays at T-Mobile Park beginning at 6:40 p.m., the first 20,000 fans through the gates will get a 2004 replica jersey from the night he set the MLB single-season hit record of 262. Fans also will have an opportunity to take a photo with Ichiro’s Hall of Fame plaque from 4:40 p.m. through the 7th inning on the right field ramp near the view level.<\/p>\n
On Saturday night, the Mariners will host a special pregame celebration to formally retire Ichiro’s No. 51 jersey. The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m., and first pitch is scheduled for 6:40 p.m. There will be another chance for fans to get a photo with the Ichiro Hall of Fame plaque from 7 p.m. until the 7th inning on the right field ramp near the view level.<\/p>\n
Sunday, Ichiro Hall of Fame Plaque Day will give the first 20,000 fans the chance to take home a replica of the star’s Cooperstown plaque. The final game of the weekend is scheduled for 1:10 p.m.<\/p>\n
Ichiro is also one of just two players in franchise history who have won an American League MVP during his time in a Mariners uniform. Ichiro won both the AL MVP and Rookie of the Year Awards in his first season in Seattle in 2001.<\/p>\n
Tickets are still available for all three games on the Mariners’ website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mariners are celebrating Ichiro Suzuki’s Hall of Fame induction with events and giveaways this weekend. SEATTLE \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":132248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1266,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-132247","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114999975257286898","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}