Ichiro Is Number One

USS Mariner has a good post on Ichiro the anti-celebrity today. The post includes a link to a nice long article about him that was recently published in The Washington Post.

"Americans liked Ichiro because, for one thing, he was a throwback to another time. He had introduced them to a style of offense that many fans, accustomed to andro-induced sluggers and tape-measure home runs, had forgotten-- an attack based on the single, the hit and run and intrepid base running that had once defined the game." -- Robert Whiting