The former Mariners superstar was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote (named on all but one ballot) ...
Power gets paid. The fact that Ichiro made himself into an icon one hit at a time, including amassing 200 hits or more for 10 consecutive seasons and winning two batting titles, is a testament to ...
Fans loved watching Ichiro’s unique batting stance and laser-like throws from right field. He beat out Jason Giambi for MVP in a close vote, proving doubters wrong who said he couldn’t hack it ...
And oh, the batting practice. Ichiro’s raw power was not a myth ... groundswell of support for either player at this point. My stance is that while the writers didn’t ask for this problem ...
Ichiro earned a reputation as an exceptional leadoff hitter (with a .311 career batting average) as well as a formidable right fielder who, even at 5-foot-9, was known to scale the outfield wall ...
Castillo: While most voters have taken an unyielding tough stance ... batting average and was considered good behind the plate. He deserved more than one year of consideration. Castillo: Ichiro ...
Ichiro Suzuki, whose uncanny hitting talent made him a Seattle Mariners icon after he'd established himself as a star in Japan, has become the first Japanese player elected to the Major League ...
The case for Ichiro really should be open-and-shut. He came over to MLB in 2001 at the age of 27 and led the league in batting average (.350), hits (242) and stolen bases (56) that season ...