As his former Marlins teammates tell it, Ichiro arrived for Spring Training in Jupiter, Fla., one year photographed in a shirt that would become the top-selling item in Japan for the day. If 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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- 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 ...

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.

Ichiro had been to the Hall seven times before ... “Pretty quick, like two or three days into spring training, me and Andy (Pettitte) are running in the outfield, I get a chance to meet (Derek ...

Ichiro received 393 of 394 possible votes from ... Veteran pitcher Marcus Stroman reported to New Yankees spring training Friday in Tampa, Fla., ending a two-day hiatus. He told reporters he ...

An all-time international baseball icon will get his day in the Cooperstown sun this July, alongside pitchers CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.

Former Seattle Mariners player Ichiro Suzuki reacts during a Spring Training workout on Feb. 15 at Peoria Sports Complex. / Matt Kartozian-Imagn Images One of the greatest hitters the game of ...

Ichiro is a constant fixture at M's spring training and M's home games, always appearing in uniform. He's formed a tight bond with Julio Rodriguez as he has come up through the organization as well.