Baseball star’s statue unveiled – with broken bat

The bat on the statue of former Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki is broken during the unveiling ceremony outside T-Mobile Park in Seattle (Lindsey Wasson/AP)

When a statue of baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki was unveiled at the Seattle Mariners’ T-Mobile Park, there was just one problem at the ceremony – a broken bat.

As the curtain was pulled off the statue depicting Suzuki in his famed batting stance, the bat in bronze snapped and flopped down as confetti sprouted up.