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Baseball fans love perfect moments.

-- Babe Ruth hitting his

-- Ted Williams (and not tipping his cap).

-- Willie Mays

What happened Monday night in Seattle won't measure up to those moments in baseball lore, but was indeed a perfect moment.

Outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, one of the game's best hitters and the face of the Seattle Mariners' franchise since he came to the team from Japan in 2001, .

Ichiro didn't need to go far to join his new team — the Yankees were in Seattle to play the Mariners. So, when he came to bat for the first time as a Yankee, Ichiro had the chance to bow to the adoring Seattle crowd. And then he did what he had done 2,533 times as a Mariner. He got a hit. The Yankees won the game, 4-1.

MLB.com .

, Ichiro has now moved from "the last-place Mariners to the first-place Yankees — and a chance for his first-ever World Series appearance."

So, perhaps, he'll add another perfect moment to his career in October.

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