Ichiro Suzuki
Ichiro Suzuki
Ichiro Suzuki, often referred to mononymously as Ichiro, is a Japanese professional baseball right fielder for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball. He has spent the bulk of his career with two teams: the Orix Blue Wave of Nippon Professional Baseballin Japan, where he began his professional career, and the Seattle Mariners of MLB in the United States. After playing for the Mariners, he played two and a half seasons in MLB with the New York Yankees. Ichiro has...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth22 October 1973
CountryJapan
Physically, I'm fine. All I have to do is start playing games and get my timing back, those kinds of things. Physically, it's no problem at all. Mentally, we all have to pull ourselves together as a team. We're now playing with 'Japan' on our chests and we need to concentrate more.
Physically I'm fine. All I have to do is get my timing back, those kinds of things. Physically it's no problem at all.
I like the glove to be a little loose,
It's such a shame. It's such a pity.
It's not an ideal thing for a player to think, but I really didn't care if I would get injured in this game. That's how much I really wanted to win this one. That's how we were driven to this championship.
Everyone got a chance to make contact with the ball and we are feeling the groove now. I'm the only one not quite feeling it yet.
The fans cheering me on, when I play well they clap their hands for me. They're really great.
I'm really proud that I'm only one of two players from Major League Baseball in the final game. I sense MLB is hurting a little bit.
In a tournament like this one, it's important to be the team that scores first.
I want to be the kind of player, ... where the fans can look to me and think it's just another day, another performance.
They are very confident. They are united as a team. They have a better chance to bring out the best in themselves.
This was the most humiliating day of my baseball career.
We're the best team. Today is the biggest day in my baseball life.
Because I love baseball. That is the No. 1 motivation. What I do is just come here to perform.