PEORIA, Ariz. -- Ichiro Suzuki didn't arrive at Mariners camp on Tuesday, to the disappointment of about 50 Japanese journalists stationed at the gate of the team's parking lot outside the Peoria Sports Complex. Nor did the Mariners have any official word on the imminent re-signing of their former star after he took a physical in Seattle on Monday.
But Ichiro's familiar No. 51 jersey was hanging in a locker in the Mariners clubhouse early in the afternoon, Mariners CEO John Stanton and team president Kevin Mather arrived in camp after flying down from Seattle and even longtime Ichiro interpreter Allen Turner was spotted at the complex.