New Seattle Mariner player Ichiro Suzuki answers questions from Seattle fans through team scout and translator Hide Sueyoshi while team announcer. If there's another challenge that's put in front of him, it would not surprise me if he was able to conquer that challenge.". Though naturally right-handed, he learned to hit lefty by practicing with a coal shovel, a move that gained him valuable extra steps out of the batters box. With one out and Oaklands Terrence Long at first base, catcher Ramn Hernndez grounded a single to right field. Sitting on the horizon is Seattle's season-opening series in Tokyo next season, and the possibility for Suzuki to shine again in his home country. David Niehaus had no idea who Janis Joplin was when they first met in Brazil. Dave Niehaus, the voice of the Seattle Mariners since the team's inception in 1977, passed away on November 10th at his home in Bellevue, WA. Are you kidding me? Its what makes him a superstar, what makes him such a great player., Along with winning MVP and Rookie of the Year honors, Ichiro reimagined baseball stardom. Baseball will forever be my soul, and my mission is to keep helping both players and fans appreciate this special game., Just a few legends hangin' out on #IchiroWeekend. Seriously, who does that? Ichiro tips his cap to the Tokyo crowd as he leaves his last MLB game. One by one, Ichiro shared a message with each, blending in his trademark quick-wit humor with heartfelt respect. He's shifting to a new role as special assistant to the chairman. He forced mistakes., Bret Boone, the Mariners second baseman from 2001 to 2005, says it was 50-50 whether Ichiro beat out a run-of-the-mill grounder in the infield. I mean Forslund is already loved by the hockey community, I don't see how he doesn't succeed as our play by play. . He is somebody I have tried to mimic, not just hitting but playing-wise, even how he handles the media. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! This was most apparent during the 2001 All-Star Game in Seattle, when he told National League manager Bobby Valentine, Were going to kick your ass shortly after being introduced as the ALs leadoff hitter. Who cares if your glove is clean? David Arnold Niehaus was an American sportscaster. Ichiro announced his retirement Thursday in Tokyo after a 5-4 Mariners win over the As (the same result as his first game as a member of the Mariners), not far removed from a rousing ovation as manager Scott Servais took him out of his final game for a defensive replacement. And would anyone be surprised if he was on the field once more? MLBlogs: He took 150 swings and never stepped out of the batters box, never said I need to get a blow, I need to get my breath, Im tired, Gillick says. Niehaus was one of the greats. These Japanese athletes had taken the Japanese sports inferiority complexthe sense that the Japanese are not physically or experientially ready for world competitionand proved it wrong. Masijuma added, I believe that these athletes are not just about athletic talent. (Simmons/News) Honestly, I was scared. The version on MLB's YouTube channel doesn't have it, and it's too bad. In 2004, he did just that, passing Sisler on Oct. 1. Piniella: Ive seen some pretty good arms. Ichiro was showing signs of what he can do at the plate, hitting .371 at the time, but this was a sign of what the Mariners truly had. I mean, they had the left fielder on the left-field line, they had the third baseman almost shaking hands with him, they had the infield halfway in, had the second baseman pulled sometimesyou saw every defense that you could see, he says. Five highlights of Dave Niehaus' career with the Mariners. 4/11/01: Ichiro Suzuki nails Terrence Long trying to go first-to-third on a single to right field. 24. He had a cannon of an arm, could swipe bases like a ninja, and could put just about any pitch in play, regardless of how crappy it was. Now the WBC comes around and they win. Does anyone know what exactly the broadcaster says here? She talks . Dave "The Groz" Grosby was honored by the Mariners on Tuesday night by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. I knew it was going to be special., Earlier in his courtship, Colborn had taken Ichiro to Peoria to tour the Mariners facility and visit Griffeys locker. In just the second game of the season, he went over the wall in left field to rob Clevelands Jose Ramirez of a home run. buhners is great too. 0 Followers. Happy Felix Day? The death of Dave Niehaus, 75, will be devastating for fans in the Northwest. I went, What was that? (AP). He was 75 . Ichiro was such an exciting player, and for the rest of the baseball world to get to see him do something like this on the national stage was so special. ! Ichiro shouted, after which he allowed the eager audience to roar back and take in the moment. But when he met Ichiro in 2009, it was the Mariners legend who provided the classic moment. #IchiroWeekend pic.twitter.com/Upl1XeSY48, Ichiro Girl reuniting with Ichiro is the most wholesome thing weve ever seen pic.twitter.com/vrM41SHLaB. Physics says he had to have put a little arc on it but I'm not sure. "An absolute missile that was placed in the perfect spot to nail Terrance Long," Colby said of the play. George Sisler of the St. Louis Browns had 257 hits for the St. Louis Browns in 1920, setting a . They didnt care [about the team]. Throughout Tokyo, screens outside subway stations lit up with MLB highlights and live coverage of Mariners games sometimes starting at 4 a.m. in Japan, with people camped outside to watch. He didnt have to put a good swing on the ball to get a base hit. In August 2002, MLB.com streamed the first-ever live, full length MLB game when the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees faced off at Yankee Stadium. HERE COMES JOEY, HERE IS JUNIOR TO THIRD BASE, THEY'RE GOING TO WAVE HIM IN! Dave "The Groz" Grosby will finish up his 29-year career as a daily Seattle sports radio host on Friday from noon to 3 p.m. on 710 ESPN Seattle's Bob, Groz and Tom. He is a great model to follow., Indeed, Ichiros 2001 season provided a master class in unflappability, a model for excelling while living in a fishbowl existence. All rights reserved. Nicknamed Godzilla, the Yomiuri Giants outfielder had been Japans most prolific power hitter, superseding Ichiro in popularity thanks to his teams mainstream appeal. "The Throw" was electric, and one of Ichiro's first introductions to baseball in the United States. How did he not tear the muscles in his entire body making that throw. They tied MLBs regular-season record with 116 wins and had the third-highest bWAR in baseball history (67.1). Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. He hit in the batting cage underneath and he ran around the concourse in the upper deck for his running, Colborn recalls, laughing. Seattle Mariners broadcaster Dave Niehaus, who passes away Wednesday, poses at the old Yankee Stadium before Game 2 of the American League Championship Series in Oct. 2000. In this outtake clip from Janis Joplin: Little Girl Blue . https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dave_Niehaus&oldid=1131339054, College basketball announcers in the United States, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2008, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2021, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Owner: Baseball Club of Seattle, LP, represented by CEO, This page was last edited on 3 January 2023, at 18:27. The Mariners were 60-102 that season and drew only 813,537 fans, the lowest full-season total in club history. He would take it and place it in a spot where it would not be disturbed while they were hitting., Boone compared his personality to Ichiros like oil and water, but says from a sense of humor standpoint, we actually have a lot of similarities. Throughout the year, Boone often made fun of Ichiro for polishing his glove and making sure it was clean and pristine, while the infielder tossed his own leather on the dugout steps between innings. Naturally, in a matchup between Seattles current star and its former one, Ichiro singled off Randy Johnson in the bottom of the first. Walk-off homers were a rarity off the Yankees legend. He stops the ball with the greatest of ease. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, The subreddit for the bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players. SEATTLE (AP) Ichiro Suzuki's otherworldly talents made an early impression on Dave Niehaus, the Hall of Fame voice of the Seattle Mariners. Aug 27, 2022. Ichiro Suzuki had a .244 BA after an 0-2 count, 20 points higher than any other player in our database (min. The 6 stages that come with each of his starts, Ichiro's April 11, 2001 throw in Oakland was the first of his many memorable defensive plays. Remembering Dave Niehaus. He got him. By high school, he had also developed a contorted batting stance in which he picked up his front leg and moved it like a long, slow pendulum back toward the catcher, as T.R. While that ended up not being the case, he gave Mariners fans quite the thrill in his last at-bat of the series, drilling a home run to send the crowd into a frenzy. Anyone know what that means? WALLA WALLA - As I listened to a Mariners pregame radio broadcast over my headphones recently as I jogged up Tieton Street, I was reminded of I thought to myself if this is customary in America, I might not make it here. What started as, What the heck is this guy? Get Social with AzQuotes. Dave Niehaus. It was great for Seattle, but it was really great for baseball, former MLB commissioner Bud Selig says of Ichiros debut. Two weeks into his rookie season, that would no longer be the case. SEATTLE King's Court will be back in session this summer. Ichiro just defies what most athletes are capable of. He broke records, rebranded the Mariners into must-see TV, and proved that international players could not only succeed in MLB, but also become the face of the entire sport. David Arnold Niehaus (February 19, 1935 - November 10, 2010) was an American sportscaster. Put them together and it makes him the all-time pro baseball hit king, a title he passed Pete Rose for in 2016. SEATTLE On Saturday night, the Mariners will honor one of their own when they induct outfielder Ichiro Suzuki into the team's Hall of Fame before a scheduled game against . **For the best user experience, we recommend disabling the Reddit redesign. 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. Among fans nationwide and his peers, Niehaus was . That doesn't happen in Japan. "I want to be like a researcher or a student of the game. David Arnold Niehaus (February 19, 1935 - November 10, 2010) was an American sportscaster.He was the lead play-by-play announcer for the American League's Seattle Mariners from their inaugural season in 1977 until his death after the 2010 season. One by one, Ichiro shared a . But reality was. In a way, Niehaus was also describing what Suzuki was about to bring to the major leagues for 18 seasons. Legendary Mariners voice Niehaus passes away at the age of 75. But he comes to play every day and hes got a looseness to him, and you dont see any argumentative confrontations on the field that you want to cast him as the bad guy, Colborn says. I remember seeing his face, and this sounds strange, but he didnt seem dejected, he seemed pissed, Small says. Years earlier, at Nobuyukis urging, Colborn had promised to take care of Ichiro in his transition to the U.S.; ever the scout, Colborn warned Ichiro about that nights Dodgers starting pitcher, and then made a prediction. Aaron Judge led the majors in 2022 in fun points per PA. The Japanese had been waiting their entire lives to compete against major league players, Small says. I remember him being out in right field with Jay Buhner and they were taking infield, Rizzs says. As the longtime Mariners radio voice Rick Rizzs remembers it, the newly signed phenom kept lining shots over Lous head in the folding chair. Despite Ichiro often firing his hips and hitting scorchers to the right side in Japan, the outfielder had yet to drive anything there that spring, and looked outmatched against MLB pitching. His name and likeness were everywhere. More >. I saw this angle 20 years ago and have been looking for it ever since. I want to continue to do that and be able to continue to work and see what I can do. I realized that this video didn't have the Niehaus call which was a lot better honestly. After I saw the batting practice and saw him move the ball around the field, I didnt think he was going to have any trouble adjusting, Gillick says. I was shocked. He was a legend before Id even seen him, Colborn says. In Japan, practice is more important than necessarily the game, and if you dont get the desired goal, its kind of OK to cry. Which was a legend before Id even seen him, Colborn says student of the St. Louis Browns had hits! 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