Ichiro's Big Moment Was A Little Awkward
by Tom Ley from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#4BFF9)

The Oakland A's and Seattle Mariners played a real, regular-season baseball game in Tokyo this morning, but it still had the whiff of an exhibition game. That's probably due to the fact that it took place so far away and so long before MLB's actual opening day, but it was also due to Ichiro Suzuki's involvement.