Report: Ichiro Suzuki donates 100M yen to Japanese Red Cross

[charlie and algernon]

PEORIA, Ariz. -- Ichiro Suzuki has donated 100 million yen ($1.24 million) to the Japanese Red Cross for earthquake relief efforts in his native country, the Kyodo News reported Friday.

Ichiro's management company BowPlanning told the Kyodo News of his donation, but the player declined to comment.

The Seattle Mariners will also dedicate their first six home games of the upcoming season to raising money for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan.

The Mariners will make a donation to the Red Cross that matches all contributions from front office employees and fans during the homestand against the Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays April 8-13 at Safeco Field. The team guaranteed a donation of $100,000 from the club's charitable arm, Mariners Care.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6234412

[El Supremo]

1. That is one good dude.

And a hell of a baseball player. I hope some other rich ballplayers do the same thing.

[HuckleB]

2. Ichiro is the consummate professional ballplayer.

And this is even more awesome!

:yourock:

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Beat Me To It

I like the part where he wasn't even willing to comment.

He just donated the money, and that was that! Didn't ask for any special attention or praise. Just dit it.

Very cool.

[Forkboy]

5. Yep.

I really wish his attitude and approach would rub off on more players.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

3. Error: You can't recommend threads from this forum n/t

[HughBeaumont]

6. Class.

That's huge. Way to go, Ichiro.

[rpannier]

7. My post on that story got deleted and I received a warning

There were idiots using that tired Pearl Harbor meme

I created a list of the "Idiocracy' and posted all their names to it with their inane comments
Apparently posting people's stupid is a violation of ESPN posting rules -- the name calling (Idiocracy) is also probably a violation