Griffey speaking at press conference

[redwashburn88]

he talks white

[sickada]

1:35 that is a look of pure lust for jr

[Dave23459]

I think Griffey is thinking about playing one more year. I asked him at a hotel here in Detroit for an autograph, and he said no. Then I said it's my last chance. Griffey replied " why is that, I don't even know yet". Griffey is such an ass in person-

[HUGEMAN24]

Buddy, he is not an ass. He is under contract to only sign for certain companies. He gets asked all the time and is likely sick of it and sick of explaining why he can't. Don't be a hater. You wouldn't like being bugged everywhere you went either.

[Qiuera91]

@HUGEMAN24 He's not an ass right.. but he sure do have a NICE ROUND BIG ass lol

[Kyle4Prez]

If Griffey Loses some weight next year, I think he might hit better than 1.90

[chaaoos]

dutchman's right. in China it's family name first. Ichiro got to have "Ichiro" on his jersey 'cuz he's ICHIRO!!!!!!

[RickAstley25]

@chaaoos Ichiro is Japanese!!!! not chinese 

[TEHWEEZY]

@RickAstley25 he might be korean

[RickAstley25]

@TEHWEEZY im telling is, IS, not that maybe, he IS japanese

[TEHWEEZY]

@RickAstley25 or maybe vietnamese

[supermanjp83]

does anyone know why they let Ichiro have his first name on his jersey?

[CrocodileMonkey]

cultural thing

[undertaker1545]

Beacause Lets say your name is: Matt Ken. and you go to japan Theyd call you Ken Matt. With Ichiro his last name is suzuki. And in japan his last name would be Ichiro.

[dutchman35]

That's not correct. The names are opposite in China, not Japan. Ichiro is his first name. Look at any other Japanese player- Iwamura, Fukudome, Matsui, Matsuzaka. Those are their last names. I don't know why Ichiro uses his first. Yao Ming is from china, so his name is reversed. His last name, Yao, is on the back of his jersey.

[craw4877]

no, because they said something about a curse in japan so that's why they his name ichiro witout his last name thats wat i read in a boo hhsjajhhjkgjkhhjjh

[futurepadre]

Because Suzuki is the second most common name in japan so while Ichiro was playing in japan they wanted to have his name be better known as the baseball player

[Miregoji]

out of all the replies only amandagrace420's and dutchman35's answers are correct ichiro's hitting coach suggested him to put Ichiro instead of Suzuki because of it being a common name and even though Ichiro thought it was weird he soon got used to it

[tmonkeypunch]

From what rumor has it, Ichiro's last name "Suzuki" is like the third most common last name, and I guess he didn't like that on the back of his jersey, so he asked the Japanese commissioner if he can have his first name on the jersey. I guess it's possible because Mariano Rivera went to the commissioner asking if he can wear the retired number 42. If that's possible, Ichiro's case is a piece of cake.

[SkeletonLeaves]

Rivera can wear number 42 because it was his number before MLB retired it

[elk815]

glad he brought jokes to his press conference, hope he can help the team....

[trevdogg1093]

haha looks like he'll never have a champion ring.

[cangri1788]

yeah he's stupid jeje had a better chance with Atl

[thunderstruck665]

Pretty ironic. It was Griffey who put baseball on the map in Seattle when the Mariners were a joke franchise that was drowning in its own futility. Now, he returns when the franchise is at its lowest point since those days. Should be interesting to see what kind of impact he will have.

[mastaofdisguise]

It's good to see him back in blue! It's gonna be tough to get opening day tickets but i'll find a way.

[woodstock179]

He's finally back!!!

^_^