Where to begin with Ichiro Suzuki? With how he’d appropriate his daily lunch of chicken wings from seven to five pieces, or vice versa, as needed to weigh 172 pounds? How he’d put his ear to ...

Ichiro Suzuki liked to say he enjoyed hitting leadoff ... when he weighed just 120 pounds at age 18. He hit .226 in part-time play over his first two seasons under Shozo Doi, his previous manager ...