COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Hall of Famers coming to Cooperstown -- the newbies and the veterans alike -- are typically subject to a fairly regimented schedule. They have a garden party. Ozzie Smith holds an ...
COOPERSTOWN — Ichiro Suzuki was known for visiting the Baseball Hall of Fame often throughout his major league career. On Sunday, he’ll be enshrined there. Speaking on Saturday through an interpreter, ...
Once, when it was pointed out to Ichiro that he had homered at will in batting practice, so why couldn’t he produce more power in the game, he replied, “In batting practice, every pitch is 3-0.” ...
SEATTLE – Years later, the details of his first encounter with Ichiro Suzuki are a bit fuzzy. The feeling is what remains for Justin Novak. “I was so nervous,” Novak said. “I’m, like, screaming inside ...
Mariners’ icon Ichiro Suzuki is set to be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame on July 27th. And, we’ve been celebrating the superstar leading up to the ceremony. But, before he heads to Cooperstown ...
One of the first times Baseball America wrote about Ichiro Suzuki, Wayne Gracyzk described him as a “scrawny kid with a haircut like grass that’s overdue for a mow.” When he wasn’t describing his hair ...
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — One of the best Mariners players in franchise history is set to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this weekend in Cooperstown, New York. Ichiro Suzuki began his U.S.
Like virtually all of his childhood friends, Novak idolized Ichiro. He would spend hours imitating Ichiro’s batting stance — the extreme crouch, the extended right arm holding the bat high, the smooth ...