Ichiro's next at-bat, Sabathia tried the slider one more time. "I throw it to him again, first pitch. … He hits it out again, ...

Ichiro’s first MLB at-bat was in Seattle against the A’s. He grounded out to second baseman Jose Ortiz against Tim Hudson. In the seventh, against reliever T.J. Mathews, Ichiro grounded a single to ...

Two months before the sixth anniversary of the final game Ichiro Suzuki played in his illustrious Major League career, the ...

The fictional Roy Hobbs carved Wonderboy from a tree split by lightning and carried the bat in a bassoon case. And then there's Ichiro. He keeps his bats in a humidor. Two humidors, actually.

When he destroyed a bat in a rare fit of anger in a 1999 game with the Orix BlueWave, he was so mortified that he wrote a letter of apology to the craftsman who made it. "In Japan we take care of our ...

Beyond all of his other gifts, it was that unparalleled ability to put the bat on the ball that stands out most to those who watched Ichiro -- or attempted to get him out. Mark Buehrle ...

The former Mariners superstar was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote (named on all but one ballot) ...

Ichiro’s first MLB at-bat was in Seattle against the A’s. He grounded out to second baseman Jose Ortiz against Tim Hudson. In the seventh, against reliever T.J. Mathews, Ichiro grounded a ...

281 in two-plus years in The Bronx. “Ichiro was an impactful player in so many ways, whether he was at bat, in the field or on the bases,” said his then-manager, Joe Girardi, in a statement.

Ichiro Suzuki warms up on deck before the start of the third inning, his first at-bat as a Mariner this season. The Seattle Mariners played the Cleveland Indians in a baseball game on Opening Day ...

On his previous visits, Ichiro has taken to tapping each bat, holding it up to his ear to listen to its resonance. This time, some of his own equipment will surely be on display. Soon, Ichiro will ...

Ichiro arrived in MLB at a time when the power ... The elbow strokes the ribs, The bottom arm locks tetanus tight. The bat digs for the roots, scatters spadefuls As though to bury, under Leans ...