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Ichiro Suzuki might be out of professional baseball but that doesn’t mean he can’t still mash HRs. At age 50, he was seen dropping a batting practice bomb at a Japanese high school an estimated 426 feet.
That absolute moonshot wound up breaking a classroom window of the school building beyond the right field wall. Ichiro’s candid reaction is now going viral.
At the prime age of 50, Ichiro shows a Japanese high school team how to break a classroom window from 426ft away pic.twitter.com/mTSqPUiHz3
— Bush Leaguer (@BushLeague101) November 6, 2023
“His reaction is the best!”
“He looked like a little kid that accidentally broke the neighbor’s window.”
“And all the baseball players scatter after it breaks…”
One of the greatest contact hitters to ever play the game, Ichiro hit .311 over his 19-year MLB career while racking up 3,089 hits and 117 HRs – and that doesn’t even include the nine years he spent in Japan.
Seven different times he led the league in hits, and he also paced the bigs in stolen bases during his MVP winning rookie season. There’s obviously still some pop left in that bat.
Ichiro has since moved on from his playing days, transitioning into a teaching role.
In 2019, he was hired as a special assistant in the Mariners’ organization, taking on the duties of an instructor with the MLB and AAA clubs. Not surprisingly, he had a focus on outfield play.
He also travels back to Japan to market the game to the upcoming generation of baseballers.
Ichiro to play against all-girls team in Japan.
Ichiro is doing it again. He and his team of retired pros will play against high school girls.
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As a way of promoting the game, Ichiro will suit up to face an all-girls team at the end of the month. It’s not the first time he’s done this, and he certainly doesn’t hold anything back!
In a similar 2021 exhibition, he diced up the competition to the tune of 17 Ks and 147-pitches. He topped out at 85 MPH during the complete game performance and didn’t allow a runner to cross home plate.
He did, however, go 0-3 at the dish. Maybe pitching was his true calling!