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He was driven by his father, Nobuyuki Suzuki, and came up through what is often described as a regimented baseball-training system that some link to the martial arts and even samurai history. Ichiro ...

He rarely saw his friends. Ichiro told the author Robert Whiting that training sessions with his father, Nobuyuki, were so intense they “bordered on child abuse.” From that crucible emerged a ...

True or not, it likely traces back to this repartee between Ichiro and his first manager, Lou Piniella, during his very first spring training. ESPN's Tommy Tomlinson wrote: "Pull the ball ...

For Ichiro Suzuki, whose baseball career defied convention and shattered records, his induction into the Hall of Fame has ...

and came up through what is often described as a regimented baseball training system that some link to the martial arts and even samurai history. Ichiro grew to be hip in the majors, which fit the ...

and came up through what is often described as a regimented baseball-training system that some link to the martial arts and even samurai history. Ichiro grew to be hip in the majors, which fit the ...

Ichiro debuted in Major League Baseball in 2001 ... and came up through what is often described as a regimented baseball-training system that some link to the martial arts and even samurai history.