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Ichiro Suzuki

  • Music

    April 4, 2012

    The Dogfather

    The enduring legacy of Gregg Greene, the man who let the dogs out.

  • Calendar

    April 4, 2012

    Mariners vs. Oakland A's

    The enduring legacy of Gregg Greene, the man who let the dogs out.

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    Disaster in the Making? Chone Figgins Leading Off and Ichiro to Bat Third

    Chone Figgins must have some compromising pictures of Eric Wedge stashed away somewhere. How else to explain 1) that he's still on the team, and 2) that he's going to be replacing the Mariners' greatest leadoff man ever. Sure, Ichiro has lost some fire and could use a change of scenery in the battin ... More >>

  • Food

    February 8, 2012

    What Seattle Drinks

    Boldface names tell us what they order and where.

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Ichiro: "I Felt Desperate Last Season"

    It is no secret that at times Ichiro Suzuki has stirred angst in the Seattle Mariners clubhouse. There have long been whisperings that he's not a team player, that he lives by one set of rules and his teammates by another, that he could have been more of a prolific base-stealer and run producer, dri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    Don't Trade Ichiro! Why The Mariners Should Never (and Will Never) Let Him Go

    Image source​Yesterday on Daily Weekly, Mike Seely made the case that the Mariners ought to trade Ichiro to a contending team in exchange for a few blue chip prospects. Seely is of the opinion that the team only keeps Ichiro around because he's "the main draw" and, as a sparse Monday night cro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Trade Ichiro: Record-Low Crowds Remove the Only Reason to Keep Fan Favorite On the Mariners

    ​For last night's phenomenal comeback win, which catapulted the Mariners to a 3-7 record, 13,056 fans reportedly showed up, breaking the record low of 14,543 set a few days earlier against the Orioles. We were there--the crowd was actually about half that. The Mariners are open about the fact ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Ichiro Brushes Up Against Fan, Fan Freaks Out (Video)

    ​Just a warning: some people you know who like baseball (and even some who don't) are going to ask you, "Hey, did you see that girl totally flip out when Ichiro touched her last night?!" You're gonna want to say yes to this, because it's hilarious and kinda sweet and scary all at the same time ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Phil Rogers, Chicago Sports Columnist, Calls Ichiro Baseball's Most Overrated Hitter

    Is it this guy's fault that no one can drive him home?​Chicago Tribune sports columnist Phil Rogers thinks that Ichiro is the most overrated hitter in baseball. "A singles hitter in a bad lineup is a hood ornament on a beater," he writes. And while I admire Rogers' turn of phrase, I don't admi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Mariners Fans Invited to Freak Out Roughly 50 Games Too Soon

    Why is Ichiro sitting all by himself? WHAT'S HAPPENING?!​Yes, this picture from the P-I home page's prematurely panicky, "run for the hills" article about the Mariners has been cropped to make it look ever more ridiculous. But still. It's only been four games, people. Relax.

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Mariners Commercials Fail to Make Use of Crazy Milton Bradley's Acting Chops

    Yes, the 2010 Seattle Mariners commercials -- like "Running Catch," featuring a golf-ball-snagging Franklin Gutierrez -- are cute. But they fail to draw from newest Mariner Milton Bradley's significant well of crazy. And just as you don't trade for a bat only to leave it on the bench, you also don ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    Chone Figgins, Not Ichiro, Should Lead Off for M's Next Year

    Meet the man who should replace Ichiro as the Mariners' leadoff hitter.​Now that the M's have signed free agent third baseman Chone Figgins away from the division rival Angels, they're faced with two "good problems." First, given that Figgins can play virtually any position on the field, do th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Comment of the Day: Seattle Sports Stars Get Screwed Because They Play While Everyone Else is Sleeping

    Does Ichiro get less love because he plays here?​Reader Keegan responds to Felix Hernandez Finishes Second in Cy Young Voting, But Here's Why He Should Have Won. They've got an interesting take on the old East Coast bias trope common to many a sports argument. "Seattle games/teams/players rar ... More >>

  • Music

    September 9, 2009

    A Shot in the Dark: Break Between Innings

    Safeco Field's dance party between at-bats.

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2009

    Sometimes Just Getting to First Base Is Hot Enough: Ichiro on the Sex Appeal of Infield Singles

    ​The speedy outfielder takes the "chicks dig the long ball" metaphor and runs with it: "Chicks who dig home runs aren't the ones who appeal to me. I think there's sexiness in infield hits because they require technique. I'd rather impress the chicks with my technique than with my brute streng ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    Ichiro to Red Sox Outfielder, Via Translator: I'm Going to Mess With Your House

    Last summer, after Ichiro gave the American League All-Stars yet another nasty, foul-mouthed, delivered-in-English pep talk, we imagined the diminutive outfielder as The Chappelle Show's Silky Johnston (aka the Player Hater of the Year), training his acerbic wit on his disappointing teammates. This ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 8, 2009

    Rangers @ Mariners

    Last summer, after Ichiro gave the American League All-Stars yet another nasty, foul-mouthed, delivered-in-English pep talk, we imagined the diminutive outfielder as The Chappelle Show's Silky Johnston (aka the Player Hater of the Year), training his acerbic wit on his disappointing teammates. This ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    All-Stars!

    The game isn't until next Tuesday, but Mariners Ichiro Suzuki and Felix Hernandez have been named All-Stars. (Full All-Star roster here.) Ichiro was voted in as a starter (for the 9th time in 9 years--here's hoping this year he'll accept the invitation to do the home-run derby) while Felix, like all ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    A Reminder of Why You Should Watch the Mariners (at Least Every Fifth Game)

    There are a number of reasons to watch every Mariners' game--Franklin Gutierrez's defense, Adrian Beltre's defense, Russel Branyan's offense, Ichiro's everything, and boredom. But last night we got a reminder of why one out of every five games really is must-see TV. Felix Hernandez threw a two-hit s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2009

    The Amazing, Ageless Ichiro

    The Mariners have been a pretty sad bunch of late, but they're still providing some reasons to watch their games. Felix Hernandez and Erik Bedard have been mostly masterful, Jason Vargas is off to a terrific start, and Franklin Gutierrez is covering more grass than John Deere. But the undisputed sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2009

    The M's Are Stuck in the Middle

    Granted, the M's best power hitter, Russell Branyan (never thought I'd type those words), was given the day off at Oakland yesterday, but a gander at the batting averages for the middle of the team's order should tell you all you need to know about why the M's have struggled this year. In the thre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2009

    Mariners Losing Patience With Suddenly Patient Yuni?

    Yuniesky Betancourt has been a disaster this season, unable to hit or field or, for the life of him, take a pitch. Until two weeks ago, his batting average was higher than his on-base percentage. Then, the M's made noise about benching him, and all of a sudden he found some patience. On Friday night ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    In Case You Didn't Know, the Mariners Have the Best Record in the American League

    Here's the hard proof. Last night, the unflappable, inimitable, indomitable Ichiro returned from the DL to hit a grand slam (with an old-school follow-through reminiscent of the Babe) and Junior added his 400th dinger as a Mariner in the team's 2nd consecutive victory over the Los Angeles Angels of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    Rowland-Smith to DL, Ichiro Back Off It

    As suspected, Ichiro Suzuki will return to the top of the M's order tonight against the Angels, and Endy Chavez will bat second. Additional lineup tinkering involves Franklin Gutierrez hitting ninth and Yuni Betancourt moving into the eight-hole. And starter Ryan Rowland-Smith has been placed on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2009

    Could These Mariners Actually Be Good?

    They can actually play defense now. Jose Vidro is no longer the designated hitter. Erik Bedard is healthy. Jarrod Washburn has an awesome new pitch that may actually warrant the obligatory "he's got an awesome new pitch" articles. And seven games into the season, they just tied their longest winni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2009

    The Return of Ichiro (Sort of), and Carlos Silva Still Sucks

    The Mariners' star right fielder has been out with a bleeding ulcer, but yesterday afternoon the team announced that docs have cleared him for designated hitter duties in spring training games with minor leaguers, where he'll face pitching on par with that of Carlos Silva. (Ichiro's on track to retu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2009

    Who's the Boss? Don Wakamatsu Is!

    A problem with previous Mariners managers--particularly a guy whose name rhymes with McLaren--has been a tendency to kowtow to veteran players. Well, apparently new M's skipper Don Wakamatsu is serving notice that kowtow he won't. Yesterday he had Ichiro hit 3rd in the batting order, something the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2009

    Like the Rooster, Ichiro Scandal Won't Die

    And we're making it worse by posting on it. The Mariners had four unquestionably good players last year: Felix Hernandez, Adrian Beltre, Brandon Morrow, and Ichiro. Yet for the last six months, one of them--Ichiro--has been the subject of considerable bitching among former teammates and baseball s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    How 'Bout Those Mariners?

    Spring training is about 2/3 finished, and the World Baseball Classic just ended, so now seems a good time to check in on our favorite cellar diamond-dwellers. First, Ichiro came through with a vintage, clutch performance (if you believe in such things), going 4-6 and leading Japan to its second co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    Japan Times Profiles Mariners' Ichiro, Kenji

    It seems that in their native Japan, the enigmatic Ichiro remains enigmatic, but the quiet Kenji Johjima--frequent target of talent-less clown Jarrod Washburn--doesn't take any shit. Today's Japan Times has articles on both Mariners, prompted by their participation in the World Baseball Classic. I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2009

    Hearst Is an Anagram for Haters

    Charles Foster Kane's business legacy drives a hard bargain with its web writers. Of course, that may not make the corporation a bunch of haters, per se, but it's fun to say. Meanwhile, enjoy Ichiro's Hater of the Year All-Star speech and an encore performance of the original "Playa Hater's Ball":

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2009

    Know Thy M's: A Stat-tastic Mariners Round-up

    There are many good things about being a Mariners fan. Er, at least there are a few. One of them is the hyper-stat-literate Mariners blogosphere that converts all those obscure baseball metrics into explanations the lay fan can understand. With spring training underway, those scribes have gone int ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2009

    See Ichiro Pitch

    After M's GM Jack Zduriencik took the fun out of the World Baseball Classic by announcing that he will not allow Ichiro to pitch (who can blame him, really?) Sports Northwest's Seth Kolloen dug up this YouTube clip of Ichiro pitching at the 1996 Japanese All-Star Game:

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Ichiro Does What Ichiro Wants, Mr. Zduriencik

    We can't imagine new Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik is happy to hear that Ichiro is working out as a pitcher in preparation for the World Baseball Classic, especially after what a stint on the mound did to another outfielder. (Of course, that guy was more juiced than Hans and Franz.) Still, we can't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2007

    Ichiro, How you Capture our Sports and Style Hearts

    We can't imagine new Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik is happy to hear that Ichiro is working out as a pitcher in preparation for the World Baseball Classic, especially after what a stint on the mound did to another outfielder. (Of course, that guy was more juiced than Hans and Franz.) Still, we can't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2006

    Monday Telegraph Room

    We can't imagine new Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik is happy to hear that Ichiro is working out as a pitcher in preparation for the World Baseball Classic, especially after what a stint on the mound did to another outfielder. (Of course, that guy was more juiced than Hans and Franz.) Still, we can't ... More >>

  • News

    April 26, 2006

    Silence in Sodo

    The Mariners are the coldest ticket in town.

  • Arts

    October 6, 2004

    Infield Hit

    The Mariners are the coldest ticket in town.

  • News

    August 11, 2004

    Beautiful M's

    An ugly season has its consolations: Edgar's long goodbye and Ichiro's hitting.

  • News

    May 5, 2004

    The Mariner Noose

    The Twins, Yankees, Orioles, Tigers, Indians, Red Sox: May is going to be a long month.

  • News

    April 7, 2004

    Hobgoblin Hell

    The good news is the Mariners are consistent. The bad news is the Mariners are consistent.

  • News

    September 17, 2003

    Sultans of Squat

    The Mariners prove that less is more, except when less isnt more.

  • News

    July 24, 2002

    Sports Town— Readers' Picks

    The Mariners prove that less is more, except when less isnt more.

  • News

    June 12, 2002

    Who Said It?

    The Mariners prove that less is more, except when less isnt more.

  • News

    March 27, 2002

    Who Said It?

    The Mariners prove that less is more, except when less isnt more.

  • News

    August 1, 2001

    News Clips— Mayoral/Amoral

    The Mariners prove that less is more, except when less isnt more.

  • News

    May 23, 2001

    News Clips— Needle Exchange

    The Mariners prove that less is more, except when less isnt more.

  • News

    May 2, 2001

    23 Encouraging things about Seattle

    The Mariners prove that less is more, except when less isnt more.

  • Music

    May 2, 2001

    Days of our nights

    The Mariners prove that less is more, except when less isnt more.

  • News

    February 28, 2001

    News Clips— Needle Exchange

    The Mariners prove that less is more, except when less isnt more.

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