The final day of the MLB regular season has given us some rather peculiar sights to behold in the past. But who could have possibly predicted 41-year-old Ichiro Suzuki taking the mound for the Miami Marlins and blessing us with his never-before-seen pitching talents?
Well that’s exactly what happened on Sunday in the Marlins regular season finale against the Philadelphia Phillies. With both teams long eliminated from the postseason and nothing left to play for, Miami manager Dan Jennings decided to have some fun and hand the ball to his Japanese right fielder in the eighth inning.
It was the first time that the veteran had taken the mound in his 15-year MLB career, and he didn’t disappoint.