In a rather slow winter for the Seattle Mariners, there was one piece of incredibly good news: Ichiro Suzuki earned election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in January. Ichiro received 99.7 percent of the vote,

The last six weeks of success and solid baseball couldn't save the Mariners from watching the MLB playoffs for a second straight season. The last six weeks of strong at-bats where he smashed baseballs with power while swinging and missing at fewer pitches than the previous 4 1/2 months of the 2024 season couldn't salvage the overall numbers for Julio Rodriguez.

There are countless ways to honor our idols, but Julio Rodríguez stole the show with his unique tribute to the Mariners legend.

Seattle Mariners center fielder Julio Rodriguez had a great tribute to Ichiro Suzuki at the start of training camp on Wednesday. Rodriguez was sporting a new haircut when he took the field at Peoria Sports Complex in Peoria,