The Seattle Mariners opened the 2019 MLB regular season in winning fashion with a 9-7 victory over the Oakland Athletics at the Tokyo Dome in Japan on Wednesday.
Seattle's Opening Day win was made even more special by the fact that Japanese baseball legend Ichiro Suzuki got the start in right field, going 0-for-1 with a walk. M's manager Scott Servais removed the 45-year-old future Hall of Famer from the game in the fourth inning to allow the crowd to give him a huge ovation as he left the field:
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