Ichiro Suzuki could have been immortalized as a first-ballot Hall of Famer nearly a decade ago. He was last a full-time starter in 2012, at 38. He logged his 3,000th hit in 2016, when he was 42.

Just one day after he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in an almost unanimous vote, Ichiro Suzuki still had jokes. It was probably to be expected for a player who made a side career out ...