ichiro suzuki

There is no doubt that this isn't 2001-2010 anymore.  Ichiro Suzuki is not the 200-hit season Ichiro.  But he can still really help the Yankees, not so much as an every day player who is dominant, but helping the Yanks change games in the late innings.

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Timely hitting. Solid relief pitching. if the piece ended right there you might be thinking I was talking about the surprising Yankees. But shocking I am not. This would sum up the Mets Monday night as they beat the Yankees in game 1 of the 4 game subway series at Citifield 2-1

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Curtis Granderson was injured on the first pitch of Spring Training, with a broken forearm.  And now, after sitting for weeks, is out again, this time getting hit by a pitch on his left hand  in the fifth inning and breaking his pinkie in Tampa Bay on Friday, May 24.

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Over 2,600 hits.  A .322 lifetime batting average.  More than 3,400 total bases.  450+ steals.  1,200+ runs scored.  Over 600 RBI and over 100 home runs for a non-power player.  Ichiro Suzuki is not a Hall of Famer.  He is a first ballot Hall of Famer.

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The Yankees topped Tampa Bay in game two of a three-game series 4-2.  What seemed like a potential Rays sweep after game one and Matt Moore's dominating performance while CC Sabathia struggled could now be a Yankees series win, their fifth straight.

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Ichiro Suzuki is hitting .111 as of April 8.  Brennan Boesch is hitting .200 as of the same date.  The two have a combined four hits on the season.  But does that mean the Yankees should have overpaid for Nick Swisher?  Absolutely not.

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New York Yankees broadcaster David Cone used an interesting description for Ichiro Suzuki on Tuesday night.

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Tuesday night was supposed to be a grand return of Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte, but Mother Nature had other plans, forcing last night's game to be rescheduled for this afternoon. Despite the change of schedule, Pettitte still tossed 75 pitches in five shutout innings, leading the Yankees to a 4-2 victory over the Blue Jays. This afternoon's victory in Game One of a day-night doubleheader gave the Yankees a half-game lead over the Orioles for first place in the American League East.

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Check out this video of a Yankee fan falling on his backside during a wild tailgate party.

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Ichiro Suzuki hit the 100th home run of his career and first as a New York Yankee on Monday night.  Ichiro also flashed some leather recently by making a behind-the-back catch look routine.

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Ichiro Suzuki, a future Hall of Famer, bowed to the fans and said good-bye to the only city he has ever known since coming over from the Far East. The catch? He didn’t even have to leave the stadium because the team he went to was Seattle’s opponent that night, the Yankees!

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Late yesterday afternoon, the Seattle Mariners traded outfielder Ichiro Suzuki to the Yankees for a couple of minor league players. Ichiro is clearly a player who can help the Yankees become less dependant on the homerun and allow them to play more "small ball" in certain situations

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