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...