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 ...
Even six years into retirement, Ichiro Suzuki retains his burning passion for baseball, training hard every day so he can still drive the ball over the wall in batting practice while throwing a ...
They also learned Japanese swear words. Ichiro had a healthy sense of humor that way. “Nice shirt,’’ he’d say to Marlins in English in greeting. Of course, he showed up his first day that first ...
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 ...
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 ...