Ray Gerkey has grown more appreciative of Ichicro’s career by way of collecting memorabilia.
This summer, longtime Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki will travel to Cooperstown, New York, for his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Lots of televisions in Seattle and of course Japan will be tuned into the broadcast. But so will at least one in Leesburg, Florida, a small city about an hour from Orlando.
For 15 years, Ray Gerkey has been amassing what is almost certainly the world’s biggest collection of Ichiro baseball cards and memorabilia. The 45-year-old father of two owns more than 4,000 unique cards (not counting another thousand or so
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