Seattle Mariners Manager Delivers Epic Line During Ichiro's Jersey Retirement Ceremony
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Seattle Mariners legend Ichiro Suzuki had his number 51 retired by the organization on Saturday night in a special pregame ceremony at T-Mobile Park.
Ichiro, who was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., two weeks ago, is the third M's player to have his number retired, joining Ken Griffey Jr. (24) and Edgar Martinez (11). The number of Jackie Robinson (42) has been retired by every major league team.
"I also am damn proud to be a Seattle Mariner." 🥹 #IchiroHOF pic.twitter.com/kxwjJbYzUZ
— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) August 10, 2025
Mariners dignitaries, both past and present, attended the ceremony, including Griffey, Alvin Davis, Martinez, Felix Hernandez, Jay Buhner and Randy Johnson -- all members of the team's Hall of Fame, Marilyn Niehaus, widow of Hall of Fame play-by-play announcer Dave Niehaus, represented him.
M's Hall of Famer Dan Wilson, who is now the manager of the team, took to the microphone, praising Ichiro's dedication and work ethic.
He also delivered one of the moments of the night when he said this current group of Mariners "expects to go deep into the fall."
"We expect to go deep into the fall." - Dan Wilson
— Brady Farkas (@RefuseToLosePod) August 10, 2025
Fire me up, skip.#TridentsUp
The Mariners enter play on Saturday at 64-53 and just one game back of the Houston Astros in the American League West. Seattle hasn't won the division title since 2001 and is the only franchise to never play in a World Series. The Mariners are in their 49th season.
Wilson played with Ichiro from 2001-05, both part of the 2001 team that won an American League-record 116 games. He was also there when Ichiro broke the single-season hits record in 2004 with 262.
Seattle will play the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday night before finishing out the series on Sunday afternoon.
They'll be off on Monday before playing the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday.
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