Before Ichiro Suzuki came over from Japan, the myth was that while Japanese pitchers can come over to the MLB and do well, the hitters were too weak to survive. Ichiro made a mockery of that myth. He's brought a special brand of baseball with him from Japan, a throwback to the game of Ty Cobb.
Ichiro's big leg kick in his swing is borrowed from slugging Japanese baseball star Kazunori Shinozuka.
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