Japanese hit king Ichiro Suzuki announced his retirement Thursday, calling time on a record-breaking career that saw him shatter a host of Major League Baseball milestones. The 45-year-old called it quits for the Seattle Mariners after an emotional two-game series against the Oakland Athletics in front of his adoring Japanese fans that capped an MLB career stretching back to 2001.
After grounding out in his final at-bat, Suzuki was called back to the dugout from right field to thunderous applause from a sellout Tokyo Dome crowd. He raised his fists and doffed his cap before being hugged by each of his Mariners team mates, several of them in tears before going on to win 5-4 in extra innings to sweep the series.
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