Ichiro Suzuki could have been immortalized as a first-ballot Hall of Famer nearly a decade ago. He was last a full-time starter in 2012, at age 38. He logged his 3,000th hit in 2016, when he was 42.

Ichiro Suzuki could have been immortalized as a first-ballot Hall of Famer nearly a decade ago. He was last a full-time starter in 2012, at age 38. He logged his 3,000th hit in 2016, when he was 42.

I have been fortunate to see many Hall of Fame baseball players on the field in person. I saw Mariano Rivera and his supernatural cutter, Cal Ripken Jr. and his unmatched durability. But the player I ...

SEATTLE — When Steven Kwan was growing up in the Bay Area, he’d spend summers with his Japanese grandmother. And every day, the NHK network would be on the television. And every day, there would be a ...