{"id":47648,"date":"2026-04-11T13:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T13:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=47648"},"modified":"2026-04-11T13:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T13:11:11","slug":"bat-breaks-on-ichiro-suzuki-statue-during-unveiling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=47648","title":{"rendered":"Bat Breaks On Ichiro Suzuki Statue During Unveiling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Ichiro Suzuki broke his bat plenty of times during his 19 years in the major leagues. However, he probably didn\u2019t think his bat would break on his statue.<\/p>\n<p>Owing either to faulty craftsmanship or an overexuberance in pulling back the tarp, or both, the bat snapped on MLB legend Ichiro Suzuki\u2019s bat as the Mariners were unveiling his statue\u00a0outside T-Mobile Park on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2042674134543667310\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanDivish\/status\/2042674134543667310\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bronze statue, sculpted by Chicago artist Lou Cella, depicts Suzuki in his signature pose while preparing to hit, with his right arm extended while holding his bat and tugging on his sleeve with his left hand,\u201d Yahoo Sports <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/article\/ichiro-suzuki-honorary-statue-unveiled-by-mariners-but-with-broken-bat-191153357.html\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Mariners were not immune to laughing at themselves over the incident.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2042690565746376905\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mariners\/status\/2042690565746376905\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Suzuki himself also poked fun at the incident and even offered a possible explanation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">\u201cI didn\u2019t think Mariano would come out here and break the bat,\u201d Suzuki said through a translator in reference to legendary hard-throwing Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, who made a name for himself breaking the bats of Ichiro and many others.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"\/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2042681244304253203\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/A_Jude\/status\/2042681244304253203\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Suzuki is a 2025 inductee into the\u00a0National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2025. Over the course of his nearly 20-year MLB career, he snagged MVP and Rookie of the Year honors, was named to the All-Star team ten times, collected 10 Golden Gloves, and three Silver Slugger awards.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2026\/04\/10\/watch-bat-breaks-on-ichiro-suzuki-statue-during-unveiling\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ichiro Suzuki broke his bat plenty of times during his 19 years in the major leagues. 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