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 and apologised to their creator when he broke one. His speed and technique ...

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

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.

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 ...

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

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.

In no surprise whatsoever, longtime outfielder Ichiro Suzuki was elected to the Hall of Fame while falling one vote shy of a ...

322), at-bats (7,907), triples (79), and stolen bases (438). Now serving as Special Assistant to the Chairman, Ichiro adds to a Mariners legacy still being written. Before games, he’s visible playing ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Ichiro Suzuki wants to raise a glass with ... "Come back around his next at-bat, throw it to him again, first pitch he hits it out again." Suzuki's second home run broke ...