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
I've seen a lot of great plays in my five years in the majors. And I know we have enough talent on our team to be able to contend.
I don't know any of their names. The fact that they've come this far shows that they're a team with serious potential. I'm looking forward to (seeing) where these players will go in the future.
I don't know what to compare that to. It's for sure each team has something in mind about the other. It's an honor and a pleasure to play a game against them.
Ninety losses is not going to affect how I feel. What's important is what direction the team is going, ... If we know what direction we're going, that's the thing that will make this team good.
The more you put your opinion out there, you are open to more vulnerability. Of course, I want to change the team. But working by myself is difficult ... it has to be a team effort.
In a tournament like this one, it's important to be the team that scores first.
Baseball has been the greatest things in my life, but the cameras and the media surrounding baseball have not been fun. It's unnecessary. How many times do they see me stretch? How many times do they see me walk? It is a big concern. If it affected the team in a negative way, I don't know what I would do.
I'm anxious to face them (major league pitchers) all, but in reality I'm looking forward most to (Boston's) Pedro Martinez. He was with the major league team that came to Japan in 1996, just before he became a superstar. I'm anxious to see how much he's improved. And I'm anxious to see how much I've improved against him.
I played on the 2001 team, the team that won the most games in the history of Major League Baseball and also I played on one of the worst teams of Major League Baseball.
I felt the spirit and smartness of the Japanese players while playing with this team. It was a great team and I wish I could play major league games with this team for one season.
In terms of Cuba, I have no idea what to expect. I don't know any of their names. The fact they've come this far shows they are a team with serious potential.
I sense that MLB is hurting a little bit.
I've never been officially named captain by the manager. But if you look at my experience in baseball, I'm definitely the veteran on the team.
Because I love baseball. That is the No. 1 motivation. What I do is just come here to perform.