2007 Baseball All-Star Game: Ichiro hits an in the park home run
Tonight, July 11th, Ichiro Suzuki hit an inside the park home run to make history being the first person to do so in an All-Star game. The two run drive came in the fifth inning after the ball hit off the right-field wall. Ichiro ended the night with 3 hits and also was the game’s MVP.
Below is the video, although you’ll have to go to about 3:16 into the video to see the historic moment.
Ichiro is a player on the Seattle Mariners, but was born in Japan and moved to the US in 2001 after playing 9 years in Japan’s Pacific League. He has a decorated career in the Major Leagues including the MLB single season hitting record with 262 hits in the year 2004 and multiple Golden Glove Awards.
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