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 ...

NEW YORK — In Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner ... “My only concern about him that first spring training with us was that he kept taking every pitch the opposite way and I was afraid he ...

In Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner ... “My only concern about him that first spring training with us was that he kept taking every pitch the opposite way and I was afraid he couldn ...

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Ichiro Suzuki wants to raise a glass with the voter who chose not to check off his name on the Hall of Fame ballot.

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 ...

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 ...

Ichiro Suzuki wants to raise a glass with ... "Pretty quick, like two or three days into spring training, me and Andy (Pettitte) are running in the outfield, I get a chance to meet (Derek) Jeter ...

Ichiro Suzuki wants to raise a glass with the voter who chose not to pick his name on the Hall of Fame ballot, leaving him short of being unanimous.

Ichiro Suzuki wants to raise a glass with the voter who chose not to check off his name on the Hall of Fame ballot.