That’s right, just one year ago, we got up at 2 AM to watch our Seattle Mariners take on the Oakland A’s as they opened the season playing in Japan. The trip had special meaning since it would be the last time the legend Ichiro Suzuki would take the field in an MLB game. But the real fireworks involving Ichiro were still a day away. The real storyline of the day was that Major League Baseball was back and the rebuild was officially underway.
The Opening Day lineup that manager Scott Servais put out there really was something else.