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Friday 22 March 2019

HARD-EN

LUCK

Seattle Mariners right fielder
Ichiro Suzuki is jokingly
pushed by umpire Bill Welke
after the Mariners defeated
the Oakland Athletics 5-4 in
Game 2 of their Major League
baseball opening series
at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo,
Thursday, March 21, 2019.
Associated Press
Ichiro walks

off into

history in

‘sayonara’

at Tokyo

Dome

By S. WADE and T. BOOTH
AP Sports Writers
TOKYO (AP) — At times, it
seemed as if he’d go on
hitting forever. But on Thurs-
day night, a player who
defined baseball at its very
best on two continents for
a generation, took his final
swing.
Now 45, Ichiro Suzuki left
the Tokyo Dome field in
the eighth inning, waving
goodbye to the packed
crowd amid hugs from Se-
attle Mariners teammates
in a three-minute walk that Harden scores 57 but
signaled to all his monu-
mental run was over. Grizzlies top Rockets in OT
“I have ended my career
and decided to retire,”
Ichiro said, speaking in Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) reacts during the second half
Japanese at a news con-
ference after a 5-4 win of the team’s NBA basketball game against the Memphis Grizzlies on
over Oakland in 12 innings. Wednesday, March 20, 2019, in Memphis, Tenn. The Grizzlies won 126-
He said his contract was 125 in overtime.
through the two games Associated Press
in Japan, and said he de-
cided before arriving last Page 20
week to step away.

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