The boy’s name was Ichiro Suzuki. He was in the second year of Toyoyama Junior High School in Toyoyama town in Aichi ...

It is not superstition though that prompts Ichiro to treat his equipment so carefully -- it is respect. His gloves are lovingly handmade for him each year by a 69-year-old Mizuno employee named ...

While the rest of the baseball world shakes its fist at the one person who didn't include Ichiro on their Hall of Fame ballot, he is offering to host them at his house. Speaking to reporters on ...

SEATTLE – It’s likely we’ll never uncover the identity of the one voter who did not include Ichiro on his or her Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. Ichiro would like to meet that person ...

TOKYO — 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 ...