Ichiro Suzuki Appreciation Thread

[Rocket Scientist]

He went back to Seattle

 

[Rocket Scientist]

There was a pretty good article about Ichiro on ESPN yesterday

Ichiro's return to Seattle won't resolve the battle raging within him

his dad was Lavar Ball status times 10. He was throwing baseballs at his head and Ichiro was catching them barehanded without even moving on some movie shyt

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

real scrap

 

[Professor Emeritus]

There was a pretty good article about Ichiro on ESPN yesterday

Ichiro's return to Seattle won't resolve the battle raging within him

his dad was Lavar Ball status times 10. He was throwing baseballs at his head and Ichiro was catching them barehanded without even moving on some movie shyt

"The first time he went on the disabled list as a major leaguer was because of a bleeding stomach ulcer. That year, he'd led Japan to a victory in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, winning the final game with a base hit in extra innings. The stress ate a hole in his stomach. Weeks later, a Mariners team doctor told him he couldn't play on Opening Day. Ichiro refused to listen, his teammate Sweeney says. Before the team ultimately forced him to sit, the doctor tried to explain that a bleeding ulcer was a serious condition that could actually kill him.

Ichiro listened, unmoved.

"I'll take my chances," he said."

Goddamn, man.

That article does show that you can have a fanatical devotion to your game without become a total a$$hole to everyone around you at the same time. Interesting.

 

[mson]

Ichiro now does to himself all the things he resents his father for having made him do.

 

[JoseLuisGotcha]

i didn't realize this was an upped thread I was reading the first couple of posts like "he may get 3,000 hits" im like where the fukk you dudes been?!

 

[Rocket Scientist]

i didn't realize this was an upped thread I was reading the first couple of posts like "he may get 3,000 hits" im like where the fukk you dudes been?!

I forgot I even made this thread

 

[nyknick]

Ichiro looks like he's the GM at the press conference

 

[BoBurnz]

There was a pretty good article about Ichiro on ESPN yesterday

Ichiro's return to Seattle won't resolve the battle raging within him

his dad was Lavar Ball status times 10. He was throwing baseballs at his head and Ichiro was catching them barehanded without even moving on some movie shyt

Sadly this is typical of not just star Japanese baseball players parents, but a lot of Japanese baseball players in generals parents. I hope Ichiro can retire with grace and enjoy his life.

 

[BoBurnz]

Ichiro looks like he's the GM at the press conference

I mean I'd probably let him run the team over DiPoto

 

[beejus]

There was a pretty good article about Ichiro on ESPN yesterday

Ichiro's return to Seattle won't resolve the battle raging within him

his dad was Lavar Ball status times 10. He was throwing baseballs at his head and Ichiro was catching them barehanded without even moving on some movie shyt

Article was a great read. After reading this so much of the mystery of Ichiro is explained.

 

[Address_Unknown]

Posting so I can come back to this article when I reach home.

 

[Slaimon Khan Shah]

Ichiro Suzuki was a severe superstar.

 

[Saint1]

Ichiro appears to be searching for people and stories to fill the place once occupied by his father. He loves old baseball players and their histories. He formed a relationship with former Negro Leagues star Buck O'Neil, and when the Mariners played the Royals in Kansas City, Ichiro took himself to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. He didn't tell anyone, and they wouldn't have known except for someone in the business office noticing his name on a credit card receipt. When Buck died, Ichiro sent flowers to the funeral and wrote a personal check to the museum in his memory. He's visited the graves of old players whose records he's broken, George Sisler in suburban St. Louis and Wee Willie Keeler in Queens, and in Japan he visits the grave of the scout who discovered him.

Damn, dude looking for that replacement father figure.

 

[Slaimon Khan Shah]

My guess is Ichiro drank a lot of green tea and matcha green tea growing up to become that type of super freak athlete.