The great Ichiro has said “sayonara.”Now 45, Ichiro Suzuki left the Tokyo Dome field in the eighth inning, waving goodbye to the packed crowd amid hugs from Seattle Mariners teammates in a three-minute walk that signalled to all his monumental run was over. “I couldn’t play well enough in spring training to earn an extension.”Ichiro went 0 for 4 in his farewell. To chants of “Ichiro, Ichiro, Ichiro” he was greeted at the dugout — and later in the dugout — by emotional embraces from teammates. “Since spring training to this day, Ichiro told us it is a gift for him to play in Tokyo,” Kikuchi said speaking through a translator. All over the stadium signs read: “Ichiro we love you” and “Ichiro is Life.” Fans wore his famous No.

Source: National Post March 21, 2019 07:45 UTC