Ichiro Suzuki visited Cooperstown long before his Hall of Fame call—honoring legends and connecting with baseball’s roots.

Mixing sneaky humor with heartfelt messages, the first Japanese-born player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame stole the show in Cooperstown.

This article was originally published on www.si.com as Ichiro Suzuki Roasted Marlins With Ruthless One-Liner During Hall of Fame Speech. Seattle Mariners legend Ichiro Suzuki was the star of Sunday's Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony, as he absolutely crushed his induction speech with a number of lines that had fans cracking up.