Ichiro nervous, grateful ahead of Hall of Fame induction
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When Bryan Woo gets to the field every day, Ichiro Suzuki is already there. Taking batting practice. Shagging fly balls. Playing catch. He hangs around after too, offering any advice he can to the current generation of Mariners players.
Before 27-year-old Ichiro Suzuki burst onto the Major League Baseball scene in 2001, he already had enjoyed a full career in his native Japan. A legendary caree
“Lou Piniella was very skeptical,” said Larry Stone, a Seattle Times baseball writer who has covered Ichiro’s career extensively. “That spring training, Ichiro started off not pulling the ball, not driving the ball. And Lou was like, ‘Who is this guy? When is he going to show me something?’”