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No one has ever walked through these doors with the sport-changing, Hall-changing, planet-changing possibilities of Ichiro.

Where to begin with Ichiro Suzuki? With how he’d appropriate his daily lunch of chicken wings from seven to five pieces, or vice versa, as needed to weigh 172 pounds? How he’d put his ear to his bat ...

Ichiro began his MLB odyssey in 2001 with the Mariners, already a seasoned professional at the age of 27, and quickly became one of the game’s biggest stars with the Mariners.

324 with 320 hits in 987 at-bats. Melvin, now manager of the Giants, was one of four A’s managers Ichiro would face, with the others being Ken Macha, Bob Geren and Art Howe. Against the Giants ...

In 113 games in Oakland, Ichiro hit .354 (168-for-475) with two homers and 39 RBIs. The hit total is his most in any stadium except then-Safeco Field in Seattle. His overall batting average against ...

Ichiro’s top moments Even as his career wound down and he ... where his electric presence drew sellout crowds and made every at-bat an event. He was the heart and soul of the 2001 team that won 116 ...

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.

Ichiro Suzuki is the Japanese Zen master who was so dedicated to baseball that he carried his bats in a moisture-proof case ...

Ichiro Suzuki was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday, but was one vote shy of being unanimous. This questions the integrity of the voting process.

Ichiro lined up his field of vision with the pitcher in his own unique way before every at-bat. / Robert Beck/Sports Illustrated Ichiro was a technician who made an art of hitting the ball softly.

The Yankees will have a pair of new representatives in the Baseball Hall of Fame in CC Sabathia and Ichiro Suzuki after the ...