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

Ichiro hit almost everything to the left side of the infield. By March 9, he was batting just .200 and even his double off Kerry Wood had been a groundball down the third-base line. Mariners third ...

On October 1, 2004, Ichiro hit number 258 against the Rangers. He finished the year with a whopping 262 hits, a record that might stand for another 84 years. 5) The ‘Throw’ to Third Base ...

Everyone knew about Ichiro. While we were in Japan, every time an American player got a base hit, you’d hear the term, “Nice batting,” in a Japanese accent over the speaker system.

Ichiro could steal a base at any time, and he was a guy who had the ability to hit a home run, if that’s what the situation dictated. His bat-to-ball skills were second to none, and when I ...

Ichiro Suzuki could have been immortalized ... I remember his rocket arm, the turbo button he would hit as he ran from first to third base and the raw power he displayed during batting practice ...

3,000 career hits OK, Ichiro was mostly a singles hitter, not hitting for much power with a career high of 15 home runs in a season, but he turned beating out infield singles and grounding base ...

He hit the second-base bag in stride and rounded for third ... We speak, of course, of the singular Ichiro Suzuki, the newly minted Hall of Famer who was one vote short of being the second ...

Over his 19-year MLB career, he racked up an astonishing 3,089 hits, boasting a lifetime ... the possibilities are endless. As Ichiro’s global fan base continues to grow, so does the value ...

Mariners’ Ichiro Suzuki glances toward home plate as he steals second base during the seventh inning ... AP He went on to collect 3,089 hits 1,420 runs, 509 stolen bases, 10 Gold Gloves, two ...

Ichiro developed his unique swing very early, lifting his right leg and almost running to first base before hitting the ... baseball’s all-time leader in hits with 4,367 (3,089 in MLB and ...