Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners made history once again, this time with a speech that had the crowd laughing and chanting his name. On Sunday, he became the first player born in Japan to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Dave Parker, who died a month before he was to be inducted, and Dick Allen got into the Hall posthumously after being voted in by the classics committee.

Alongside the stage here at the Clark Sports Center, a giant video board began to show a highlight montage to preface Dick Allen’s formal induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. A chyron promised that the attendees would hear Mike Schmidt on Dick Allen,