Ichiro Honored: Hear Death Cab for Cutie Star Ben Gibbard's Song About Newest Yankee

Musician pays homage to his hometown hero who was sent off to New York to join the Bronx Bombers

Ben Gibbard has long been a loyal Seattle Mariners fan.

And we can only assume he was feeling a bit wistful after his home team traded its star right fielder Ichiro Suzuki to the New York Yankees yesterday.

So what did the Death Cab for Cutie frontman and soon-to-be former hubby of Zooey Deschanel do? He released a song about him!