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Name 2025 the 12 months of Ichiro. The previous Mariners celebrity was elected to the Baseball Corridor of Fame with 99.7% of the vote (named on all however one poll) and might be enshrined this coming July. He’ll even have his No. 51 retired by the Mariners in a ceremony this summer time. On prime of that, he can even throw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Mariners’ opener this season, the group introduced Monday. 

That sport might be Thursday, March 27, in opposition to the A’s at 7:10 p.m. native time. He is thrown out a primary pitch earlier than and he introduced the smoke. 

The 51-year-old Ichiro retired in 2019 with 3,089 profession hits, in MLB, with a .311 batting common. He led the majors in hits seven occasions and his affect on the sport, globally, could not be summed up in numbers. He was an icon and it is becoming that he is getting his full due right here in 2025 to go together with his Corridor of Fame induction. 

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