When the Seattle Mariners fired Scott Servais on Aug. 22 of last season, they let go of the only manager in the franchise's history aside from team Hall of Famer Lou Piniella who led the team to ...

An all-time international baseball icon will get his day in the Cooperstown sun this July, alongside pitchers CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.

(And the same goes for Lou Piniella if/when he deservedly gets in ... At one point in his career, former Rays manager Joe Maddon seemed a lock for the Hall. [ VRAGOVIC, WILL | Tampa Bay Times ...

But one message he did notice amid the flurry of congratulations and media obligations was from former manager Scott Servais ... He's the only skipper besides Lou Piniella to take the team ...

True or not, it likely traces back to this repartee between Ichiro and his first manager, Lou Piniella, during his very first spring training. ESPN's Tommy Tomlinson wrote: "Pull the ball ...

Exasperated, manager Lou Piniella finally asked Ichiro if he ever pulled the ball. Ichiro gave a nonchalant answer — “Sometimes” — and that afternoon launched a home run to right field.

“He should have been,” said Lou Piniella, Ichiro’s first manager with the Mariners. “He was a totally different player from the other Hall-of-Famers [Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar Martinez] I ...