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...Baseball's 84-year-old record for hits in a season, reached and passed Friday night by Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners...
...less glamorous sport of racewalking. Japan has a proud history in the marathon, but the klieg lights are far brighter in the sprinting events, and success in Athens would further electrify a nation already riding high on the exploits of exported baseballers, such as Hideki Matsui and Ichiro Suzuki, who have proved that in addition to precise pitching, Japanese can also smack a ball with considerable power...
...This has been a surprise. When Okada became party president less than three months ago, the DPJ was in turmoil. Its two most senior members, Naoto Kan and Ichiro Ozawa, had succumbed to a far-reaching pension scandal that forced them to resign their leadership posts. With only weeks to go before the election, the nation's largest opposition party seemed rudderless and lacking a message. Political pundits predicted a thumping defeat at the hands of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's near-hegemonic Liberal Demo-cratic Party (LDP), which has had a nearly uninterrupted hold on power for almost...
...Heid, whose reports had prompted the Mariners to sign outfielder Ichiro Suzuki and relief pitcher Kazuhiro Sasaki, has been tracking Matsui for six years. His scouting report: "Extremely strong arm. Outstanding range, comparable to Omar Vizquel's. Fast as a bullet train." Suzuki, the quickest player in the American League, says Matsui is even quicker than...
...slick fielder who won four Golden Gloves playing for the Lions, Kazuo Matsui batted .305 with 33 home runs and 13 stolen bases this year. Scouts liken the switch-hitter to a stronger Ichiro Suzuki, the All-Star Seattle Mariners' outfielder whose impact on the U.S. game turned Japanese players into must-haves for major-league rosters. Matsui's move will be lucrative. Several clubs have already expressed interest, including the free-spending Yankees, who are already paying $6 million a year to last year's Matsui. This year's Matsui is likely to demand a Godzilla-like salary...