Marlins manager Don Mattingly had no idea he was setting up Ichiro Suzuki for another milestone when he put him in center field on Sunday.
But that’s how easy it is for the future Hall of Famer to set new records these days.
Ichiro’s longevity and durability earned him another place in the record books when he became the oldest player to start a major-league game in center field since at least 1900, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Ichiro (43 years, 246 days old) was older Sunday than Rickey Henderson (43 years, 211 days old) when he started for the Red Sox on July 24, 2002.