Jan. 22, 2025 10:22 AM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — Used to leading off, Ichiro Suzuki got antsy when he had to wait.
Considered a no-doubt pick for baseball's Hall of Fame and possibly the second unanimous selection, he waited by the phone for the expected call Tuesday. Fifteen minutes passed without a ring.
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Jan. 20, 2025 17:39 PM EST
TOKYO (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he's much more than that in Japan.
Back home, he's a wellspring of national pride, much like Shohei Ohtani now. His triumphs across the Pacific buoyed the nation as Japan's economy sputtered through the so-called lost decades of...
Dec. 31, 2024 15:51 PM EST
It was a life that took him from peanut farming to the presidency. While former President Jimmy Carter ’s time in the White House only lasted one term, the decades afterward were defined by humanitarian work that affected people all around the world.
Founding the Carter Center with...