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target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/seattle-mariners\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Seattle Mariners\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69d960a8e4b0ccb589ece36d\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/seattle-mariners\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\">Seattle Mariners<\/a> unveiled their third statue in franchise history outside T-Mobile Park, one of Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki, there was a blip.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>A bronze statue that depicted Suzuki in his famed batting stance appeared to be defective when it was displayed Friday morning. Suzuki\u2019s bat snapped near the handle, and the barrel veered off to the right-hand side.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>After the ceremony, Suzuki joked that New York Yankees Hall of Fame closer Mariano Rivera got the best of him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t think Mariano would come out here,\u201d Suzuki said with a smile, \u201cand break the bat.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>It did not take long for the Mariners to fix the statue; Suzuki\u2019s bat was soon turned upright and reconnected at the handle. Suzuki, who was inducted into the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/baseball-hall-of-fame-ichiro-sabathia-ff50111f419f172f1d74f1813e391864\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Hall of Fame\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69d960a8e4b0ccb589ece36d\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/baseball-hall-of-fame-ichiro-sabathia-ff50111f419f172f1d74f1813e391864\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\">Hall of Fame<\/a> last summer, became only the third Mariners player to have his number retired by the franchise last year as well, joining Ken Griffey Jr. (No. 24) and Edgar Martinez (No. 11).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Griffey and Martinez joined Suzuki outside T-Mobile Park on Friday, and all three pulled a tarp off the statue together. Suzuki made history last summer as the first Japanese-born player inducted into the Hall of Fame, and earning <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hall-of-fame-suzuki-sabathia-wagner-42ce5b8538fc6f697cd35d1972367e1b\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"a near-unanimous 99.7% of the vote\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69d960a8e4b0ccb589ece36d\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hall-of-fame-suzuki-sabathia-wagner-42ce5b8538fc6f697cd35d1972367e1b\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"2\">a near-unanimous 99.7% of the vote<\/a> from the Baseball Writers\u2019 Association of America.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>The way a jovial Suzuki saw it, his statue having an imperfection was only fitting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cIn the Hall of Fame, I was short one vote,\u201d Suzuki said. \u201cToday, the bat was broke. It kind of lets me know that I\u2019m still not there, that I still need to keep going. So, this is a good example of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>AP MLB: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/MLB\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69d960a8e4b0ccb589ece36d\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"3\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/MLB<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"cli cli-related-articles js-cet-subunit\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEATTLE (AP) \u2014 Oh, snap. As the Seattle Mariners unveiled their third statue in franchise history outside T-Mobile Park, one of Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki, there was a blip. A bronze statue that depicted Suzuki in his famed batting stance appeared to be defective when it was displayed Friday morning. 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