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After battling melanoma in 1996, schoolteacher Rem Remlinger reckoned that his working days were done. That was until a former student, employed by the Seattle Mariners, suggested that he work the home games at the new Safeco Field in Seattle. Now, when the Mariners play at home, Remlinger, 67, works the media gate, schmoozing with fans as the procession of press and visiting ballplayers enters the stadium. "I look forward to going to work every day," he says. "I get to see a lot of people, socialize and just have...
...Fans intent on seeing the best Japanese players will have to follow the trail taken by the stream of jet-lagged Japanese tourists stumbling around Dodger Stadium, Pac Bell Park and Safeco Field. The influx into Seattle has been so pronounced that the team has posted signs in Japanese around the ballpark. "I'd like to say to Seattle baseball people and the mayor of Seattle, 'Please give an award to me,'" Inow says. "Seattle was known in Japan before, but it was not so popular. Now look: Seattle is Ichiro's town, and Japanese people are coming. I need...
...crowd of 42,159 at Safeco Field erupts. Everyone leans forward, waiting for his reaction. But Ichiro gives nothing away. Somewhere in Tokyo a ballplayer forgets his breakfast for a moment and stares, wondering how it feels to be so very rare...
...best thing about tonight's All-Star Game is that the other best players in baseball - the ones playing for the best teams - will be at Safeco Field too. But when the ump yells "Play Ball" and the joyous, caffeinated Seattle crowd goes wild, the best place to look for most of them will be on the bench...
...lesson of this year's All-Star Game seems to be that the stars weren't the heart of their team after all. Yes, there's "Ichiro," the better-than-anybody-expected Japanese import who's not only leading the team but putting countless fannies in the Safeco seats (and drawing big ratings in Japan for the Mariners' 4 a.m.-in-Tokyo satellite feeds...