Ichiro Suzuki’s New Statue at T-Mobile Park Suffers Unveiling Mishap: a Broken Bat
The unveiling occurred outside T-Mobile Park in Seattle on Friday, April 10
Ichiro Suzuki in Seattle on March 31, 2026; Broken statue of Suzuki outside T-Mobile Park in Seattle Credit: Steph Chambers/Getty; Jack Compton/Getty NEED TO KNOW A statue of Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki was recently unveiled with a major error A bat held by the bronze version of the athlete was conspicuously broken The incident, which Suzuki laughed off, occurred on Friday, April 10, outside T-Mobile Park in Seattle A new statue of former Mariners player Ichiro Suzuki featured an unexpected detail: a broken bat. The statue was unveiled during a ceremony outside T-Mobile Park in Seattle on Friday, April 10. Video footage of the moment uploaded on social media shows a curtain surrounding the statue being pulled down as an announcer shouted, "Here it is!
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Play now! The curtain then appeared to bend the bat held by the bronze version of Suzuki as confetti rained down on the crowd. Mariners unveil a statue on the 1st base line of T-Mobile park of Ichiro Suzuki in his famous batting stance.
The bat broke upon reveal! @KING5Seattle @KING5Sports pic. twitter.