Ichiro Suzuki

The Seattle Mariners have signed a one-year contract with Ichiro Suzuki. After leaving Seattle seven years ago, Ichrio is back in a Mariners uniform.

The man simply known by his first name to baseball fans and non-fans alike - Ichiro - capped off three days of an affectionate return to his first ballclub by swatting a home run in what may have been his final plate appearance in SafeCo Field yesterday.

Prior to last night's series opener at SafeCo Field, the Seattle Mariners not only welcomed the visiting Miami Marlins to town for a three-game series, they also welcomed back one of their adopted sons, Ichiro Suzuki.

For Seattle Mariners fans, this weekend, while highly scripted, could not have possibly ended any better if it were entirely orchestrated.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki hit 88 mph and induced a swing and miss with a breaking pitch during a one-inning relief appearance for the Miami Marlins Sunday in their regular-season finale against the Philadelphia Phillies. The 10-time outfield Gold Glove Award winner had never pitched in a major league game before entering for the bottom of the eighth inning...