Ichiro Suzuki during his Baseball Hall of Fame induction speech: “And to the Miami Marlins, I appreciate David Samson and Mike Hill for coming today. Honestly, when you guys called to offer me a contract for 2015, I had never heard of your team.”
Ichiro Suzuki during his Baseball Hall of Fame induction speech: “And to the Miami Marlins, I appreciate David Samson and Mike Hill for coming today. Honestly, when you guys called to offer me a contract for 2015, I had never heard of your team.”
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Ichiro is one of the best hitters in baseball.
Ouch. They should have stayed the “Florida Marlins”, though he probably would have still made the joke.
What are the Florida Marlins? Who the fuck is Tom Brady?
The best to ever do it lmao
This guy is a good baseball player
Bob Costas- “What’s your favorite American expression?”
“August in Kansas City, it’s hotter than two rats in a fucking wool sock.” – Ichiro
translation:
“August in Kansas City, it’s hotter than two rats fucking in a wool sock.”
When the Seattle Mariners, Ichiro’s team, played in Kansas City, he would visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum with Buck O’Neil to learn about baseball and the history of the Negro Leagues.
Buck O’Neil was a notable figure from the Negro Leagues. He played for and managed the Kansas City Monarchs. He helped establish the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, where he was the honorary board chairman until his death.
They became good friends. I would assume Ichiro picked up this expression from him.
Lmao his wife “he made the stupid joke😬”
You gotta love this guy.
Love him so much. Wish he played cricket in an alternate dimension I think he’d have been goated in that sport as well
I just wish we could have gotten him into one Homerun Derby
Even his jokes hit.
If you don’t love Ichiro, you don’t love baseball. Admittedly as a fan of a National League team I didn’t have to see him tag my teams pitching but still. Long live Ichiro
That’s my GOAT right there
No appreciation for a team that actually won chips 👀
Is a Marlin a dolphin?
355 OBP, 757 OPS…
To put it in perspective Bobby Abreu has career 395 OBP and 870 OPS yet no one views him as a HOFer.
David Samson the guy who sold the Expos
Checks out, as the Yankees didn’t play the Miami Marlins until after Ichiro left to join them & the Mariners played the Florida Marlins 9 times prior to then.