鈴木一朗 イチロー
(鈴木 一朗 [i]Suzuki Ichirō[/i], born October 22, 1973)

Sometimes simply known as Ichiro (イチロー).

A Japanese former professional baseball outfielder. He began his career in 1992 playing for the [[Orix Buffaloes]] (then the Orix BlueWave) of Nippon Professional Baseball before joining Major League Baseball in 2000, starting with the [[Seattle Mariners]] and staying with them until 2012. Suzuki spent two seasons each with the [[New York Yankees]] and the [[Miami Marlins]] before finishing out his career as a Mariner in 2018. He officially retired on March 21, 2019.

He had a unique ritual of holding his bat upright at arm's length, and tugging at his sleeve before getting set for each pitch.
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