Early in Spring Training, Ichiro hit almost everything ... In April of 2001, that meant predicting Ichiro’s rookie season. Conventional wisdom said that Japanese baseball was comparable to ...

Out in right field, the rookie charged ... was able to work out with the Mariners during spring training in 1999. While the story goes that Ichiro's cameo left Piniella unimpressed, it laid ...

So even with that impressive résumé, the Mariners weren’t entirely sold on Ichiro as late as the very spring training he debuted ... him win American League Rookie of the Year and MVP for ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Ichiro Suzuki wants to raise a glass ... "Pretty quick, like two or three days into spring training, me and Andy [Pettitte] are running in the outfield, I get a chance to ...

BBWAA secretary-treasurer Jack O’Connell recalled Suzuki was at the Hall in 2001 when he called to inform the Seattle star he had been voted AL Rookie of the Year. Suzuki received 27 of 28 first-place ...