The Windup Newsletter ⚾ | This is The Athletic’s MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox. For all the months of drama that led up to it, Rafael Devers’ first-base ...

Recently-inducted baseball Hall-of-Famer Ichrio Suzuki will throw the first ceremonial pitch for the Seattle Mariners Opening Day against the Oakland Athletics. Suzuki was inducted into the Baseball ...

Ichiro, who had arguably the best throwing arm in baseball during his playing days, was honored before the game. He'll be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown later this ...

When most people get invited to throw out the first pitch at a Major League Baseball game, they are mainly concerned with not embarrassing themselves (or injuring themselves). However, Ichiro Suzuki ...

NAGOYA, Japan — With its primary tenant away, the pro stadium here in central Japan was desolate outside. But inside, under its domed roof, there was bustle. Ichiro Suzuki led his team through a ...

On April 2, 2001, Bret Boone jogged to second base for a chilly Opening Day in Seattle. The roof at Safeco Field was open, the upstart Oakland Athletics were in town, and ESPN2 had the national ...

The surprised look on Dan Wilson’s face told part of the story of Ichiro’s ceremonial first pitch Thursday night. The radar gun reading told the rest of it. The Mariners’ iconic Japanese star, at 51 ...

Editor's note: This story originally ran on Jan. 21, 2025. Ichiro is being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on July 27, 2025. As the iconic outfielder gets his Cooperstown call, we asked former ...

For 19 seasons, MLB pitchers tried to figure out how to pitch to Ichiro Suzuki. In advance his Baseball Hall of Fame induction this weekend, some of Ichiro’s long-time foes on the mound spoke about ...