{"id":58526,"date":"2022-08-28T04:18:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T04:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/seattle-mariners-legend-ichiro-suzuki-reunites-with-ichiro-girl-during-first-pitch\/"},"modified":"2022-08-28T04:18:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T04:18:37","slug":"seattle-mariners-legend-ichiro-suzuki-reunites-with-ichiro-girl-during-first-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/seattle-mariners-legend-ichiro-suzuki-reunites-with-ichiro-girl-during-first-pitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Mariners legend Ichiro Suzuki reunites with &#8216;Ichiro Girl&#8217; during first pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>It&#8217;s Ichiro Suzuki weekend in Seattle as the Mariners celebrate the franchise icon and induct him into the team&#8217;s hall of fame on Saturday night &#8212; certainly a prelude to his induction into Cooperstown in a few years.  Before Friday&#8217;s game, Ichiro was even in uniform, shagging flies in the outfield with rookie phenom Julio Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The festivities kicked off with the first pitch &#8212; something teams frequently get wrong with the likes of corporate sponsors, local politicians or C-list celebrities often receiving first-pitch honors.  This time the Mariners got it right.<\/p>\n<p>The first-pitch honoree was Iris Skinner &#8212; also known as &#8220;Ichiro Girl&#8221; for a viral video from years ago when Ichiro chased a foul ball into the right-field stands and collided with Skinner, eliciting a euphoric reaction from her.  The hitch: Skinner didn&#8217;t know Ichiro would be catching her first pitch.  Her joy when Ichiro popped out of the Mariners dugout was palpable.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline float-r inline-track\"><\/p>\n<p>A daily draft of the best bets on today&#8217;s board, featuring expert bettors from The Action Network picking real action in every sport. <b>Watch on ESPN+<\/b><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>So, good job, Mariners.  It&#8217;s hard to believe, but Ichiro&#8217;s Rookie of the Year and MVP season way back in 2001 was the last time the Mariners made the playoffs.  For too long, Mariners fans have had too little to cheer for, and the nostalgia for that record-breaking 2001 team that won 116 games has only with each succeeding non-playoff season.  This year&#8217;s club has a real chance to finally end that postseason drought &#8212; and Rodriguez&#8217;s mega-contract extension signals the Mariners finally have a new icon for the fan base to rally around.<\/p>\n<p>Skinner&#8217;s first pitch was a lovely baseball moment, a reminder of how fans make personal connections with the teams and players they root for.  But hopefully Ichiro&#8217;s Hall of Fame ceremony will tie the bow on 2001. Mariners fans need new memories.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Ichiro Girl&#8221; reuniting with Ichiro is the most wholesome thing we&#8217;ve ever seen \ud83e\udd79 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vrM41SHLaB\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/vrM41SHLaB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mariners\/status\/1563651247290195968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Ichiro Suzuki weekend in Seattle as the Mariners celebrate the franchise icon and induct him into the team&#8217;s hall of fame on Saturday night &#8212; certainly a prelude to his induction into Cooperstown in a few years. Before Friday&#8217;s game, Ichiro was even in uniform, shagging flies in the outfield with rookie phenom Julio &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/seattle-mariners-legend-ichiro-suzuki-reunites-with-ichiro-girl-during-first-pitch\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Seattle Mariners legend Ichiro Suzuki reunites with &#8216;Ichiro Girl&#8217; during first pitch<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[392,47,21573,21572,21571,21574,661,3443],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58601,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/mariners-kick-off-ichiro-weekend-with-the-most-wholesome-surprise-for-ichiro-girl\/","url_meta":{"origin":58526,"position":0},"title":"Mariners kick off &#8216;Ichiro Weekend&#8217; with the most wholesome surprise for &#8216;Ichiro Girl&#8217;","date":"August 28, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Seattle Mariners know how to get in the spirit of \"Ichiro Weekend.\"With Ichiro Suzuki slated to enter the Mariners' Hall of Fame on Saturday, the team made a whole weekend out of the occasion and started it on Friday by bringing back one of their most famous fans, \"Ichiro\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":58979,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ichiro-suzuki-expresses-gratitude-as-he-enters-seattle-mariners-hall-of-fame\/","url_meta":{"origin":58526,"position":1},"title":"Ichiro Suzuki expresses gratitude as he enters Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame","date":"August 28, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"SEATTLE -- Ichiro Suzuki was inducted into the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame on Saturday night, giving his entire 16-minute speech in English while reflecting on his career.Suzuki became the 10th member of Seattle's Hall of Fame, joining former teammates Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez, Jamie Moyer, Jay Buhner and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":58720,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/baseball-and-seattle-have-never-left-my-heart-ichiro-a-hit-during-mariners-hall-of-fame-induction\/","url_meta":{"origin":58526,"position":2},"title":"&#8216;Baseball and Seattle have never left my heart&#8217;: Ichiro a hit during Mariners&#8217; Hall of Fame induction","date":"August 28, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Lou Piniella, famously, was skeptical when Ichiro arrived from Japan for his first spring training with the Seattle Mariners in 2001.Ichiro was skeptical of his new manager, too.During a 15-minute speech Saturday evening \u2014 conducted all in English before a sold-out crowd at T-Mobile Park \u2014 Ichiro revealed his sense\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":57294,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/julio-rodriguez-extension-with-mariners\/","url_meta":{"origin":58526,"position":3},"title":"Julio Rodriguez extension with Mariners","date":"August 26, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Star outfielder Julio Rodr\u00edguez is finalizing a long-term deal with the Mariners, a source told MLB.com's Jesse Sanchez on Friday. 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