Seattle Mariners rightfielder Ichiro Suzuki, right, celebrates with teammates after beating the Oakland Athletics 3-1 in their American League season opening MLB baseball game at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Wednesday.
The Associated Press
TOKYO — Now he shows us.
In a game postponed from nine years ago, played 4,800 miles from where he’s hit leadoff for the last 11 years, following up an idea started eight years ago, Ichiro revealed himself to be baseball’s greatest No. 3 hitter.
The tsunami that struck Kadanowaki Elementary School also slammed cars into the building. The explosions ignited fires throughout, claiming uncounted lives.
Ben VanHouten / Mariners
ISHINOMAKI, Japan – Busing swiftly through the detritus of devastation is hardly a good way to get a feeling for the loss, in the space of a few hours, of about 20,000 people from a town of 160,000.
But then, what is a good way to comprehend the unimaginable?
Matt Flynn scores a touchdown against Minnesota Nov. 14, 2011, in one of the two games he played for the Packers.
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Japanese youngsters look at Ichiro's Mariners jersey at Tokyo's "Baseball Cafe" in 2004. The season-opening games next week in Tokyo will mark the first time Ichrio has returned to Japan in a Mariners uniform.
That's how KPLU sports commentator Art Thiel describes what caused the injury to Mariners center fielder Franklin Gutierrez. It happened during a routine throw at spring training.
Gutierrez is out for at least a month - maybe longer - with a partially torn pectoral muscle. Art says it's just the latest piece of negative news for the Mariners, as the team begins its 2012 exhibition season Friday.
The Mariners start exhibition play Friday. But they'll do it without starting center fielder Franklin Gutierrez. He's out for at least a month with a partial tear of his pectoral muscle.
KPLU sports commentator Art Thiel talks about what this means for the start of the Mariners season, coming up tomorrow morning at 5:35 and 7:35 on 88.5 KPLU. Check back here for a blog of our conversation.
Now-former Mariner pitcher Michael Pineda throws against the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez (another former Mariner) in May of last year. Pineda will now pitch for the Yankees.
We get a bat, but not much else. That's what KPLU sports commentator Art Thiel has to say about the Mariners trading starting pitcher Michael Pineda to the Yankees in exchange for hot young hitter Jesus Montero.
Michael Pineda pitching for the Mariners last June against the White Sox. He's been traded to the Yankees for catcher and slugger Jesus Montero.
Charles Rex Arbogast / AP Photo
He was a fan favorite last year. Now he's a Yankee. The Mariners have traded starting pitcher Michael Pineda for Yankees catcher Jesus Montero.
The reason appears to be Montero's bat. He impressed a lot of people at the plate last season.
Find out if KPLU sports commentator Art Thiel is impressed with the trade, tomorrow morning at 5:35 and 7:35 on 88.5 KPLU. Check back here for a blog of our conversation.
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