The Seattle Mariners unveiled a statue of Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki outside T-Mobile Park, but the ceremony took a humorous turn when the bronze bat broke. The statue depicted Suzuki in his iconic batting stance, but the bat snapped near the handle, prompting Suzuki to joke about Mariano Rivera breaking it. Following the mishap, the Mariners updated their Ichiro statue bobblehead giveaway to reflect the broken bat. Suzuki, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2022 with a remarkable 99.7% of the vote, humorously noted that the imperfection of the statue reminded him of his own Hall of Fame experience, saying, “In the Hall of Fame, I was short one vote.” The statue was later repaired, and Suzuki celebrated the moment with fellow Mariners legends Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar Martinez, who also had their numbers retired by the franchise.