The Genius of Ichiro: The Secret Behind His Four Thousand Hits

Ichiro Suzuki arrived in Seattle in 2001 as a mostly anonymous free agent from Japan’s NPB, and while there was buzz about his potential, no one really knew what to expect. Since then, he has set many records in American Major League Baseball, including the record for most hits in a single season (262) and longest streak of two-hundred-hit seasons (ten years). On August 21, 2013, he got the four thousandth hit of his professional baseball career. This spiritual interview reveals the “making...