I didn't know what I was doing, and I didn't care. I just liked opening packs of cards. Then, one day, I hit Ichiro's rookie card. From the moment I looked at it, I knew it was special ...

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Ichiro Suzuki had already cemented a strong, and likely everlasting baseball card market long before Tuesday’s almost unanimous vote for his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, headlining the ...

Starting out with the Orix Blue Wave in ... Hall of Fame. Ichiro’s career serves as a model for how skill, heart, and willpower can transform the game, from his debut as a rookie not expected ...

Out in right field, the rookie charged Hernandez's hit ... bidding with a $13 million posting fee paid to Ichiro's team in Japan, the Orix Blue Wave, and then a three-year, $14 million pact ...

In Nov. 2000, Seattle announced their signing of Ichiro, a 27-year-old star from the Orix Blue Wave and first Japanese ... the 27-year-old rookie piled a league-best 242 hits with a ...

Whiting recalled first seeing Ichiro in Japan and thinking a Little Leaguer had talked his way into an Orix Blue Wave uniform ... meant predicting Ichiro’s rookie season. Conventional wisdom ...

In 2001, Ichiro became just the second MLB player to earn MVP and Rookie of the Year honors in ... in nine seasons with the Orix Blue Wave. In Seattle, New York and Miami, he posted 3,089 hits ...