Chuck Solomon/Sports Illustrated Ichiro Suzuki liked to say he enjoyed hitting ... of the era with its “chicks dig the long ball” commercial. Ichiro, the counter-culture throwback, had his ...

Ichiro Suzuki could have been immortalized as a first-ballot Hall of Famer nearly a decade ago. He was last a full-time starter in 2012, at 38. He logged his 3,000th hit in 2016, when he was 42.