"Are you satisfied now?" → Ichiro's insistence on making 3089 hits after failing to "pull the ball"

"Are you satisfied now?" → Ichiro's insistence on making 3089 hits after failing to "pull the ball"

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Suzuki Ichiro has been inducted into the Hall of Fame. As he failed to receive a single vote, he garnered 99.7 percent of the vote, which resulted in a unanimous vote. He entered the Major League at the age of 27 and had 3,089 hits for 19 seasons is his "obsession."먹튀검증

The American Baseball Journalists Association (BBWAA) announced the results of the 2025 Hall of Fame vote on Tuesday (Korea time). Ichiro won 393 votes, one short of the total 394 votes, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame with 99.7 percent of the vote.

He sought the second unanimous vote since Mariano Rivera, but unfortunately failed. Rivera received 425 votes out of 425 in 2019, becoming the first unanimous Hall of Fame inductee in history. Derek Jeter, who had 3,465 hits, also failed to reach a unanimous vote in 2020 due to a lack of one vote.

CBS Sports in the U.S. announced the news of Ichiro's Hall of Fame and introduced an anecdote from the past. Ichiro's father, Nobuyuki Suzuki, taught right-handed Ichiro how to hit left hands. He also trained Ichiro to run while swinging a bat. As a result, Ichiro has developed into the world's most specialized hitter in hit production. He was a mid- to long-range hitter with a total of 118 homers in the Japanese professional league, but he focused on contact in the Major League.

After the end of the 2000 season, Ichiro entered the Major League and stepped into the spring camp for the first time in 2001. Here, Ichiro kept pushing the ball for the first few days. In the beginning of the camp, Ichiro reportedly pushed the ball and developed a sense of response outside the strike zone. However, then Seattle Mariners manager Ru Pinella was not aware of this and instructed Ichiro to "pull the ball."

After hearing this, Ichiro nodded, and immediately pulled the ball right at the next batter's box to make a home run. Since then, Ichiro's words have been masterpiece. Ichiro told Pinella, "Are you satisfied now?" He had 242 hits in the 2001 season, winning the American League Rookie of the Year and the MVP.
Even at the Hall of Fame press conference, Ichiro's stubborn side was revealed. "It is rather fortunate that we failed to make a consensus," Ichiro said. "In life, we can move forward because we are imperfect. That's why it is better to be incomplete." When asked about Jeter, he said, "It is okay if he is with Joe Jeter, who lacks one vote."

Ichiro is now Ichiro because of his persistence and perfectionism. Ichiro said, "I have approached step by step, and I feel indescribable emotions that I can reach this day."

Meanwhile, the Seattle Mariners announced that they will designate Ichiro's uniform number 51 as permanent. Ichiro's permanent absence will take place on August 9 against the Tampa Bay Rays. Ichiro will join Ken Griffey Jr. (No. 24), Edgar Martinez (No. 11), and Jackie Robinson (No. 42) as permanent members of the entire Major League. During his 14-year career with the Seattle Mariners, Ichiro recorded 2,542 hits, 99 homers, 438 steals, and a batting average of 0.321 OPS of 0.781.