Even though the Major League Baseball season is officially over now, I still have baseball on the brain. One thing I've been wondering about lately is if Ichiro can reach the 3,000-hit plateau in ...

What is it about Ichiro that makes him great? Is it his relaxed persona, his ability to make the clutch plays when his team needs him to, the extra step he takes out of the batter's box every ...

Ichiro Suzuki has gotten to 3,000 hits with the unlikely aid of Barry Bonds, ... “Pete Rose is the best hitter in baseball,” he says. “Period. Bar none. Just erase your thoughts about it.

With Ichiro's accomplishments, he would almost have to be anointed the best player in major league history to be overrated. I, for one, have never heard that claim. So, let us just throw the ...

Ichiro, however, is not the best outfielder, right fielder, or even leadoff hitter in the American League, but like I said, I’ll get to that later.

With the offseason in the rear-view mirror, it's become clear that GM Jack Zduriencik and the Seattle Mariners will live and die by the youth movement they've assembled—an undeniably double ...

Ichiro tipped his helmet to the crowd, revealing a brush cut of gray hair. He is 42 now, the second-oldest player in the majors ... The language he has always known best is baseball.

July 8 -- The Japanese are famously reserved but not when it comes to their heroes. And in 130 years of Japanese baseball there's never been a hero quite like Ichiro Suzuki. "There's only one ...

Future Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki is best known as one of the most skilled batsmen of his era. The Japanese superstar arrived in Major League Baseball in 2001 at the age of 27, and over the next ...

What is the job of a leadoff hitter? He should be able to do three things: get on base, steal bases, and look at a lot of pitches. It's pretty basic. A leadoff hitter has to get on base so the ...

Like beauty, great outfield plays may be in the eye of the beholder. Ichiro yesterday heard Mariners manager Mike Hargrove talking in the dugout about his play Monday. “Routine,” Ichiro said ...