Why Ichiro’s savage Marlins joke during Hall of Fame speech gave former exec ‘PTSD’

Fuente: New York Post

See Also MLB trade deadline 2025 big board: Latest rumors from insiders Joel Sherman, Jon Heyman Former Marlins president David Samson is seemingly very sensitive about the perception of the franchise. That’s why when Ichiro Suzuki broke out a zinger about the Marlins during his Baseball Hall of Fame induction speech Sunday — which the Japanese legend delivered entirely in English — he was not as quick to laugh as the rest of the crowd in Cooperstown. After thanking Samson and former Marlins exec Mike Hill for being in attendance, Ichiro said, “Honestly, when you guys called to offer me a contract for 2015, I had never heard of your team.