The headline to this article isn’t something I made up. It’s actually the title of a book written by Robert Whiting, an expert on Japanese baseball.
And it’s also a phrase quite meaningful today, as Ichiro Suzuki retired from baseball, at age 45, after playing two games for the Mariners in his native Japan.
Here’s how it happened [VIDEO], in the eighth inning of the Mariners/Athletics game.
Here’s more of the amazing scene from the Tokyo Dome:
To understand what Ichiro means in Japan, check out the words of his teammate Yusei Kikuchi.