Word: suzuki
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...Slugger Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki had a surprise in store for those who thought Japan's seven-time Batting Champion might not cut the mustard in the big leagues. Voted American League Rookie of the Year and MVP, Suzuki wowed U.S. baseball fans with a .350 batting average and charm, including a right-on imitation of Mariners radio broadcaster Dave Niehaus...
...souls can smile, the soul of Jackie Robinson was smiling last week. Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners, a slim, swift outfielder out of Kasugai, Japan, was chosen Most Valuable Player in the American League by the Baseball Writers' Association of America?an overwhelmingly white, male group of U. S. journalists. During the 2001 season, Suzuki batted .350, garnered 242 hits, stole 56 bases and played a fine right field, showing about as good an outfield throwing arm as now exists. Newspaper accounts were busy with statistics and with reporting Suzuki's close run for the prize against Jason Giambi...
...Suzuki, a seven-time batting champion with the Orix Blue Wave team of Kobe, signed a three-year contract with Seattle for slightly more than $14 million. He had a relatively quiet spring training, batting a decent but unspectacular .308. Some quickly proclaimed him an expensive disappointment...
Person of the Week ICHIBAN! American League mvp winner Ichiro Suzuki is more than just the first Asian position player to excel in U.S. baseball. He has also reminded us, in this era of runaway home run inflation, that smart hitting, slick fielding and clever baserunning are what the game is really about...
...Winners ICHIRO SUZUKI Veteran Japanese baseballer wins American League "Rookie of the Year." He's a rookie in the same way, say, that Madonna is a virgin JEFF LIBERTY Canadian Olympic diver rescues pregnant woman trapped in sinking car. Judges deduct .2 for his premature exit from tucked position SYLVESTER STALLONE Sly considers a Rambo sequel back in Afghanistan. David Hasselhoff announces a season of Baywatch Nights set in Kunduz Losers JORDAN Burglars swipe photos of the British model, writing "Slag Jordan" on a mirror. If that's her first name, no wonder she goes by Jordan KEN CAMINITI Onetime...