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Ichiro Suzuki’s Statue Unveiling Has Mishap as Bat Snaps During Ceremony
The Mariners quickly repaired the statue and turned the mishap into a joke, with 40,000 replica giveaways updated for fans.
- On Friday, the Seattle Mariners unveiled a statue of Hall of Fame outfielder Ichiro Suzuki outside T-Mobile Park, but the bronze bat snapped as the covering was removed during the ceremony.
- Designed by Chicago artist Lou Cella, the sculpture honors Suzuki's iconic batting stance and reflects a storied career that included 262 hits in 2004 and 3,089 career hits across 19 Major League Baseball seasons.
- Broadcaster Rick Rizzs, alongside former teammates Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar Martinez, joined a jovial Suzuki, who joked that New York Yankees Hall of Fame closer Mariano Rivera 'got the best of him again.'
- Mariners staff repaired the sculpture within the hour, while the team posted an updated Ichiro Replica Statue giveaway image showing the broken bat to social media for the first 40,000 fans.
- This monument joins statues of Griffey, Martinez, and broadcaster Dave Niehaus outside the ballpark, cementing Suzuki's place among the most influential players in Seattle Mariners franchise history.
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Legend's statue breaks after unveiling
The unveiling of baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki's statue led to the bat on the statue breaking.
·Sydney, Australia
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Ichiro Statue's Bat Broke; Seattle Becomes a Hot Topic with Self-Parody OSEN = Reporter Son Chan-ik The Seattle Mariners have turned the "bat breakage incident" that occurred at the unveiling ceremony of Ichiro Suzuki's statue into a witty event. On the 11th (KST), Japanese sports media &
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