He is sitting at his locker in the Seattle Mariners clubhouse, laughing at times and gesturing while entertaining a flock of Japanese reporters who seek a daily State of Ichiro briefing for their news outlets. He grabs a Sharpie and starts in on several dozen boxes of baseballs with a script that you could never decipher as ... (Full article: 1203 words)

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