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...Then?thud!?a small green Samsonite suitcase appeared. The one labeled in meticulous Japanese writing. The one belonging to right fielder Ichiro Suzuki...
...With bag in hand, the diminutive Suzuki ?Wizard to his teammates?quietly walked up to Perry, grabbed the bills and, just as quickly, returned to his sheltered spot among taller, wider teammates. No gloating. No celebration. "Very calm and cool," said Perry, smiling. "Like he expected...
...there was little surprise that Suzuki won the pot, it was because, just over a quarter of the way through his first major league season, there is little surprise about anything he does. Suzuki is named American League Rookie of the Month for April? Ho-hum. Suzuki has back-to-back single-double-triple games? Big whoop. Suzuki rifles a one-hopper from the right-field wall to home plate? Yawn. Suzuki is on pace to break George Sisler's 81-year-old record of 257 hits in a season? Zzzzzzzz. Suzuki imprisons Saddam Hussein, discovers a cure for AIDS...
...Suzuki who is truly electrifying fans on both sides of the Pacific. In the U.S., the outfielder, a virtual shoo-in as this season's rookie of the year, has already graced the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine. In Japan, legions of fans tune in at odd hours each day to watch their hero punish North American pitching. NHK broadcasts each Mariners game back to Japan and, between innings, focuses obsessively on Suzuki as he jogs, stretches, tosses a warm-up ball...
...TIME: What do you think about Japanese players like Ichiro Suzuki playing in the U.S. Major Leagues? Koizumi: It's the dream of Japanese players. I'm very happy they can play equally with American players. We used to think the Americans played at a much higher level. The national sport in Japan is sumo, but the Japanese love baseball even more. Baseball is America's national sport, but it has become Japan's national sport as well. Japanese fans watch the Japanese players in America with interest and joy. The American games on TV are more popular than...