Former MLB proper fielder Ichiro Suzuki reminded everybody that age is only a quantity and that he nonetheless has energy in his arms — maybe a little bit bit an excessive amount of. The 50-year-old by chance smashed a window after hitting a 426-ft. homer whereas attempting to reveal correct approach to some younger gamers.
Ichiro was giving again to college students in his dwelling nation of Japan by educating them fundamental baseball drills. Whereas doing his demonstration at Asahikawa Higashi Excessive Faculty in Hokkaido, Ichiro despatched the ball flying straight right into a classroom of a constructing close by.
The scholar-athletes watching him clapped and laughed in amusement. In the meantime, Ichiro’s face added to the leisure as a result of he regarded like he was a bit nervous about probably getting in hassle.
As reported by MLB.com, Ichiro took about 63 swings and cleared the 26-foot-high netting that protects the constructing twice. Luckily, just one window was damaged that day.
The seven-time Golden Glove Award recipient has been inspiring college students throughout Japan for a couple of years now. It began when students from Kokugakuin Kugayama High School, also in Japan, wrote to him asking him to be a visitor teacher.
Ichiro made his skilled debut for the Seattle Mariners in April 2001, and his final look was additionally for the Mariners in March 2019. By that point, he additionally performed for the New York Yankees and Miami Marlins.
