CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
Joe Inglett rapped a ball to right field that Ichiro Suzuki couldn't handle, a hit that scored two runs for a 5-4 Toronto Blue Jays win over the Seattle Mariners in 10 innings on Friday night.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ichiro Suzuki has been a Gold Glove outfielder every season since joining Seattle in 2001. That's why a play he didn't make was all everyone was talking about after the Mariners' sixth consecutive loss.
Sportscolumn Blog - (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Ever since we heard about Ichiro Suzuki's out of character behavior every year at the All-Star Game, we thought something about the story sounded a little fishy. Well, we were right. As it turns out, Ichiro was accidentally exposed to the blast of a test detonation of a gamma bomb as a child. The effects were startling, making him a baseball machine, but also creating an emotional and impulsive alter...
Out Of Left Field (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Well, there's one reason to check out a Mariners-Jays series where neither of the Toronto club's top two starters are pitching.* Ichiro Suzuki needs five hits for 3,000 in his career (a feat yours truly jumped the gun on back in '07 after a tragic misreading of his Baseball Cube page). You might have misgivings about why why broadcasters and journalists persist in making a big deal out of
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Ichiro Suzuki closes in on a significant milestone this evening when the Seattle Mariners open a three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.
Statimagician (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Ten Commandments of Fantasy Baseball Success #1 Though shalt not get overly concerned with April statistics: The point here is that stats tend to even out throughout the course of the season. In 2004, Ichiro Suzuki managed just 26 hits and a mere .255 average in April. However, soon after he caught fire and went on to [...]
Over the Monster (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Okay, let's put a foot tattoo right up to King Felix' ass. Red Sox Jacoby Ellsbury LF Dustin Pedroia 2B J.D. Drew RF Kevin Youkilis 1B Mike Lowell 3B Sean Casey DH Jed Lowrie SS Jason Varitek C Coco Crisp CF Clay Buchholz Mariners Ichiro Suzuki RF Jose Lopez 2B Raul Ibanez LF Jose Vidro DH Adrian Beltre 3B Jeremy Reed CF Kenji Johjima C Bryan LaHair 1B Willie Bloomquist SS Felix Hernandez No Manny,...
Extra Bases (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Daisuke Matsuzaka shut out the Mariners on two hits through seven innings before giving up three straight hits, including the first big-league hit by Worcester's Bryan LaHair and a double by longtime nemesis Ichiro Suzuki. Hideki Okajima, who hadn't pitched in nine days, came on to register two outs in the eighth, Papelbon pitched the ninth for his 30th save, and Daisuke ran his record to 11-1, even...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - When the first pitch of the Olympic baseball tournament is thrown on August 13, New York Yankees' Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez will be in Minnesota, Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki in Anaheim and Red Sox' Daisuke Matsuzaka in Boston.
Over the Monster (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
W-L ERA WHIP K BB 2008 - Daisuke Matsuzaka 10-1 2.65 1.38 77 57 V. W-L ERA WHIP K BB 2008 - R.A. Dickey 2-4 3.73 1.46 40 28 Lineups: Lineup Boston Red Sox @ Seattle Mariners 07/22/08 10:10 PM EDT Boston Red Sox Seattle Mariners Jacoby Ellsbury - LF Ichiro Suzuki - RF Dustin Pedroia - 2B Jose Lopez - 2B J.D. Drew - RF Raul Ibanez - LF Manny Ramirez - DH Jose Vidro - DH Mike Lowell - 3B Adrian Beltre...
DATA news (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Ichiro Suzuki and Kosuke Fukudome share a heritage, a position and a quirky left-handed hitting style. On Tuesday, they will add another thing in common when they start in the All-Star Game.
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Even with cameras in the All-Star clubhouses, Fox couldn't have shown the traditional pregame pep talk given the American League by perennial All-Star right fielder Ichiro Suzuki.
By Ken Levine (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Non baseball fans will laugh just as hard at this. Ichiro Suzuki is All-Star player for the Seattle Mariners after being a legend in Japan. Over the last few years he has been learning English. ...
Sportscolumn Blog - (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
If you thought Ichiro Suzuki was simply some stone-faced, robot-like, baseball-playing, Japanese cyborg then you'd be right because the Mariners outfielder is exactly that for 99.9% of the season. However, there is one day when Suzuki lets loose, providing his team with an unquenchable firestorm of emotion and that day occurs every year at the All-Star Game when Suzuki releases a profanity-laced tirade...
The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Who knew Ichiro was so potty-mouthed? Intern Bill investigates. When you think about Seattle OF Ichiro Suzuki, a few things come to mind—the monastic practice of his craft, the seeming lack of command of the English language, the rhetorical flourishes of a warrior poet like “I would face [then Boston Red Sox’ rookie Daisuke Matsuzaka] with [...]
