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...SPORTS Baseball: The Ichiro Paradox...
...SPORTS Baseball: The Ichiro Paradox...
...SPORTS Baseball: The Ichiro Paradox...
...SPORTS Baseball: The Ichiro Paradox...
...Strange words from an opponent, but such is the nature of baseball's Ichiro paradox. He makes contradiction logical. Through June 30, he had but two home runs yet led the league in intentional walks. He speaks little English in a sound-bite era and yields no emotion in a culture that prizes personality; he's a contact hitter in a sport overdosed on power?yet he is baseball's most popular player. This year, for the second season in a row, Ichiro led every major league player in the fans' All-Star Game balloting. Yes, his 2.5 million votes...