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When he first came to the United States, he especially enjoyed trips to [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] to talk with former [[Negro leagues]] star [[Buck O'Neil]]. When O'Neil died in 2006, Suzuki sent a very large memorial wreath to the funeral service. The following year, he visited the [[Negro Leagues Baseball Museum]] while on a road trip to Kansas City and made what, as of 2016, remains the largest contribution ever made to the museum by an active MLB player.<ref name=Tomlinson>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/17105389/miami-marlins-ichiro-suzuki-approaches-3000th-major-league-hit |title=Ichiro Suzuki, still connecting |first=Tommy |last=Tomlinson |work=ESPN.com |date=19 July 2016 |access-date=19 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722084315/http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/17105389/miami-marlins-ichiro-suzuki-approaches-3000th-major-league-hit |archive-date=22 July 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
When Suzuki was traded to the Yankees in July 2012, longtime Mariners fan [[Ben Gibbard]] (of [[Death Cab for Cutie]]) posted his tribute song, "Ichiro's Theme", on his [[SoundCloud]] page.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ben-gibbard-unearths-ichiros-theme-20120724 |title=Ben Gibbard Unearths 'Ichiro's Theme' |date=24 July 2012 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=8 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810061025/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ben-gibbard-unearths-ichiros-theme-20120724 |archive-date=10 August 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/07/26/157435827/thanks-for-the-mariners-memories-ben-gibbards-ichiros-theme |title=Thanks For The Mariners Memories: Ben Gibbard's 'Ichiro's Theme' |date=27 July 2012 |last=Handel |first=Sarah |publisher=[[NPR]] |access-date=8 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309055539/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/07/26/157435827/thanks-for-the-mariners-memories-ben-gibbards-ichiros-theme |archive-date=9 March 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> The previous year, [[The Baseball Project]] had released the tribute song "Ichiro Goes To The Moon" on their album ''[[Volume 2: High and Inside]]''.<ref name="u884">{{cite web | last=McCann | first=Zach | title=Baseball Project: 'Ichiro Goes to the Moon' | website=ESPN.com | date=2012-07-31 | url=https://www.espn.com/blog/music/post/_/id/2355/baseball-project-ichiro-goes-to-the-moon | access-date=2024-09-17}}</ref>
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