withleather.com - 5/17/2007
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USA Today has a feature article on one of the two redeeming pieces of the Seattle Mariners organization, Ichiro Suzuki. Ichiro has been known to offer the occasional strange quote that somehow feels lost in translation, but as the USS Mariner points out, some of these really stand out: On performance-enhancing drugs: “When you take steroids, it’s not as if wings grow out of ...
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Ichiro Says Funny Things
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Ichiro: 'Once I Turn 40, I Can Become A Pitcher.'
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... . There are an abundance of strange quotes, which the Japanese star is known for. It's his calling card, if you will. Both With Leather and USS Mariner point out Suzuki's odd statments about Tiger Woods and also about performance-enhancing drugs. But, what I found most interesting were these words from Ichiro: "Once I turn 40," he says, "I can become a pitcher. I'm kind of serious about it. But I'll have to learn to throw a knuckleball. Right now, I could be a 'normal' pitcher," who can top out at 95 mph with a fastball. I'm not exactly sure why the copy editors at USA Today left "who can top out at 95 mph with a fastball" outside of
The Morning Tailgate
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... (though that's kinda redundant since there are no new school Nintendo games. If there were, I bet Stephen A Smith would spell them "New Skool".) [SI] Ichiro is one weird dude . [With Leather] Koby Clemens
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