Japanese baseball player, Ichiro Suzuki, joined which US baseball team in 2001?
Ichiro Suzuki Ichiro Suzuki , often referred to mononymously as , is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder. With 27 seasons combined in top-level professional leagues, he spent the bulk of his career with two teams: nine seasons with the Orix Blue Wave of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in Japan, where he began his career, and 12 with the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States. After playing for the Mariners, he played two and a half seasons in MLB with the New York Yankees before signing with the Miami Marlins. Ichiro played three seasons with the Marlins before
Ichiro Suzuki As a little leaguer in Toyoyama, Ichiro had the word written on his glove. By age 12, he had dedicated himself to pursuing a career in professional baseball, and their training sessions were no longer for leisure, and less enjoyable. The elder Suzuki claimed, "Baseball was fun for both of us", but Ichiro later said, "It might have been fun for him, but for me it was a lot like "Star of the Giants,"" a popular Japanese manga and anime series about a young baseball prospect's difficult road to success, with rigorous training demanded by the father. According to Ichiro,