Tom Tango comes up with the idea of fun points based on fan polls to determine which players generate the most fun. Carrying all of the responsibilities that came with being the first Japanese-born MLB position player, he never wavered. Sign up to receive our daily Morning Lineup to stay in the know about the latest trending topics around Major League Baseball. Mines just as gold as yours, Boone says. He had a more avant-garde sense of fashion.. Somebody needs to sync that up. Looking back at Ichiros 2001, Colborn says one other memory stands out. It's grand sa-lami time! That is when fans started to pay attention to Ichiro., Pretty soon, everyone was paying attention to Ichiro. In 2008, the National Baseball Hall of Fame awarded Niehaus the Ford C. Frick Award, the highest honor for American baseball broadcasters. 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. just drops and shakes his head, Ichiro was the only one in the video not surprised by that throw, It was going to take a perfect throw to get me. Colborn smiled. SEATTLE (AP) Dave Niehaus, the Hall of Fame broadcaster who called Seattle Mariners' games from their first season through this year, has died of a heart attack. Honestly, I was scared. 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. buhners is great too. I'm not sure he threw that ball at an upward angle. But hes never wanted to be an imposing figure. In 2008, the National Baseball Hall of Fame awarded Niehaus the Ford C. Frick Award, the highest honor for American baseball broadcasters. The Colossal Legacy of Ichiros Rookie Season, 20 Years Later, Ichiro shot Nissan commercials in the United States, he told National League manager Bobby Valentine. Salk: New MLB rules a plus, but theres a better way with pitch clock, Mariners Notebook: Julio Rodrguez fine, undeterred after wall crash. I remember it being almost in slow motion. "Just see what happens. America's Pastime. The Japanese sensation would go on to win the Rookie of the Year and the MVP that same season . It was great for Seattle, but it was really great for baseball, former MLB commissioner Bud Selig says of Ichiros debut. I could never imagine my career in America would last 19 seasons and that I would still be in Seattle today.","type":"markdown"},{"__typename":"ExternalEmbed","data":{"__typename":"ExternalEmbedContent","html":", What is your favorite Ichiro moment? [0:35 for exact replay]. How did he not tear the muscles in his entire body making that throw. He excelled at the little things, blending new school and old school, and carved out a niche that forced the rest of MLB to catch up. All rights reserved. Whether he wants to accept the label or not, Suzuki was a trailblazer. It was stuff like that that I could pass on to help convince them, Colborn says of the Seattle execs. 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. David Niehaus had no idea who Janis Joplin was when they first met in Brazil. Fukudome might not have had the reputation that Ichiro had, but he was a really good hitter, and I think there was more of a comfort zone that even though he wasnt going to be a big power guy, everyone thought he was going to hit for a high average and hit for average power and play great defense in right field, which he did, Hendry says. 24. After his 2001 debut, it seemed like it would be only a matter of time until he became the new single-season hit king. Beats the throw. Are you kidding me? I used to tease him. But everybody knew it could only be Dave Niehaus. **, Press J to jump to the feed. **, Press J to jump to the feed. Legendary Mariners voice Niehaus passes away at the age of 75. 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. We used to kick their butts. It felt good for my soul.. There was never a point in my career that I could have said that this was going to happen, so Im definitely grateful, Ichiro said Friday, through interpreter Allen Turner, who was his translator when he arrived in 2001. He's shifting to a new role as special assistant to the chairman. The tourist industry experienced this huge boom because people would fly there and stay in a hotel and take in two or three Mariners games and then come back. He was a goddamn special player to watch in his prime, and he was one of the few bright spots when the Mariners churned out forgettable team after . SEATTLE Dave Niehaus, the Hall of Fame broadcaster who called Seattle Mariners' games from their first season through this year, has died of a heart attack. I was 27 years old when I came to Seattle. (AP). In a way, Niehaus was also describing what Suzuki was about to bring to the major leagues for 18 seasons. Within a couple of years, however, the teams leadership had come to embrace Ichiros unorthodox style. 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. . But when he met Ichiro in 2009, it was the Mariners legend who provided the classic moment. The manager gave me a big wet kiss. 51 for the Mariners, in front of a home crowd at Safeco Field, Ichiro beat Johnson to first base on an infield single to lead off the bottom of the first inning. Hed come in the clubhouse [and] he did the same thing right in a row, McLaren says. "Pow, he got him" combined with "pegged him". You knew the work ethic was there. Ichiro also showed off his power by smacking balls into the seats before moving to right field and unleashing rocket throws to the infield. . The former Orix pitching coach had taken the same job with the Dodgers that year, and embraced his friend in the dugout when the Mariners visited Los Angeles for a three-game series in July. Ichiro will be honored by the Mariners in August 2022, including being inducted into the team's Hall of Fame in a pregame ceremony on Aug. 27. . Two weeks into his rookie season, that would no longer be the case. Hes going to beat you., McLaren laughs when thinking about how opponents shifted to account for Ichiros spray chart. When I saw Long head for third, I just said, Youre out. Suzuki preceded Hideki Matsui, who had a stellar career with the New York Yankees, by two years. Jake Kring-Schreifels is a sports and entertainment writer based in New York. He was the lead play-by-play announcer for the American League's Seattle Mariners from their inaugural season in 1977 until his death in 2010. 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. Probably heat of moment combining of phrases. I love the call on that play - the fact that the announcer has the time and presence of mind to include the "look at the throw from right" as the ball's still in the air makes it so much better to me. Physically, I feel like I can play. At one MLB Japan All-Star Series in 2014, Small remembers U.S. manager John Farrell telling him the entire Japanese national lineup could have made an MLB roster. Watch a special tribute to 710 ESPN Seattle's The Groz featuring messages from members of the Seattle sports media to commemorate his 29 years as a daily host in the market. Ichiro didnt start playing in America until he was 27. 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. "To come over here and pave the way for a lot of Japanese players, what he and (Hideo) Nomo did, that's not an easy thing to do," said Oakland manager Bob Melvin, who managed Suzuki for two seasons in Seattle. [Ichiro] held that bat up like a magic wand, like, What do we got here? Even years later, during pitcher Ervin Santanas debut season with the Angels, Ichiro always found an opening. A year later, Colborns extensive scouting reports and personal relationship with Ichiro convinced Pat Gillick, the Mariners new GM, to make a strong play for him after the 2000 season. The Mariners and Athletics were locked in a scoreless affair until the eighth inning, when Ichiro led off with a pinch-hit single to left field, sparking a three-run rally. After smacking two doubles to left field, he stepped to the plate in the seventh inning, surveyed the diamond with his right arm perpendicular to the ground, and whipped his hands through a low fastball to lift a home run into the bullpen beyond the right-field wall. And Ichiro catapulted a team that was projected to finish third in its division to 116 wins and an unlikely place in MLB history. Watch: Ichiro finds old-time religion with HR-robbing catch. I want to continue to do that and be able to continue to work and see what I can do. Ichiro Suzuki had a .244 BA after an 0-2 count, 20 points higher than any other player in our database (min. It took 125 years for Major League Baseball to get its . [People] would pick up the newspaper and see Ichiro got two hits, and then several paragraphs down youd find out Seattle lost the game, he says. Related: Groz Remembers: Ichiro's 'Star Wars' throw in 2001 2. He was a legend before Id even seen him, Colborn says. [Orix executives] would come to the Kingdome and watch games and go to the office during the day, Colborn says, but the real, ultimate goal was for us to have first choice of their players., In 1999, two years before Ichiro hit free agency, Orix expanded its agreement, allowing players to travel to Peoria to join the Mariners for spring training. You know how many times I saw Miguel Tejada field a ball and throw it? Among fans nationwide and his peers, Niehaus was . By 2006, when an Ichiro-led Japan beat the United States in the World Baseball Classic, MLB managers and players had noticed a change. With Ichiros playing career having come to a close, lets look at the most memorable moments provided by an all-time great. He also addressed Piniella.\n\nLou kissed me right here on the cheek, Ichiro said. Well, he fielded it differently when Ichiro hit it. 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. That doesn't happen in Japan. David Niehaus had no idea who Janis Joplin was when they met in 1970 on Ipanema beach in Brazil, where both had traveled for Rio Carnival. Does anyone know what exactly the broadcaster says here? Thank you for posting! A laser beam, barely 10 feet off the ground, reached third baseman David Bell on the fly with Long a good five feet from the bag. David Arnold Niehaus (February 19, 1935 - November 10, 2010) was an American sportscaster. "It was the first moment where you saw Ichiro wasnt 'just another guy' and, of course, it was accompanied by one of Niehaus best calls.". Hall of Fame broadcaster Dave Niehaus passed away on Wednesday in his Bellevue, Wash., home at the age of 75. The Japanese approach to hitting is such a cookie-cutter approachthey all hit the same, Whiting says. "The Throw" was electric, and one of Ichiro's first introductions to baseball in the United States. Charging a single by Ramon Hernandez into right field, Ichiro never broke stride and made a throw from about 200 feet away on the fly to David Bell that would have impressed William Tell. Whos most important on the Mariners besides Julio Rodrguez? Life Sports Mariners. He has been the Mariners' voice for their entirety, from Diego Segui's first pitch in the franchise's inaugural game in 1977 to Ichiro's fly out to end the . Colborn predicted that a bid of $10 million would win Ichiros negotiating rights, but Yamauchi wanted a failsafe number and threw in a couple extra million of his own money. Bell says the roster was full of professional, consistent players, but adds, I wouldnt say there were guys that were superstar players or elite, unbelievable athletes. Ichiro was the exception. Most days, I still wear the Mariners uniform, and I do so proudly, Ichiro said. After returning home for dinner and schoolwork, hed work in the batting cage from 9:30 to 11. Youre going to hit a home run off Kevin Brown tonight, Colborn remembers telling him. Ken Levine. 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. He really didnt have time to fit into group dynamics.. MLB.com also offers extensive historical information and footage, online ticket sales, official baseball merchandise, authenticated memorabilia and collectibles and fantasy games. He found similar and prolonged success, racking up 16 home runs and 106 RBIs in his 2003 rookie season and then taking home World Series MVP honors in 2009. Facing Randy Johnson, another famous former No. The biggest void Ichiro envisioned that hed face upon retiring was the passion he had for playing, and how hard itd be to hang up his glove. [Nobuyuki] wrote in one of his books that [Ichiro] had six hours a year to play with his friends and the rest was practicing baseball, Whiting says. And his unique approach to hittinghis on-deck stretches, circular bat warmup, and distinct scamper out of the boxdefied all baseball norms. "When I met Ichiro in Peoria, (Arizona) which is the first time I'd met him face to face, he walked in and had more presence than any other baseball player I'd ever encountered," Seattle general manager Jerry Dipoto said. Ken Griffey Jr., Jamie Moyer, manager Lou Piniella and broadcaster Dave Niehaus. He didnt have to put a good swing on the ball to get a base hit. Seattle won 40 games over the first two months of that season, leaning on free-agent additions like Boone and key veterans like Edgar Martinez. Niehaus honored with 2008 Frick, Seattle's soothing baseball voice headed to Cooperstown, Audio: Niehaus announcing during 1996 earthquake. Mariano Rivera is widely considered the greatest closer of all-time. 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. 2023 Bonneville International. It was the thing to do, Whiting says. With 'beautiful peg' meaning great throw and he got him meaning well, he got him. More >. 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. In 2008, the National Baseball Hall of Fame a I need Ichiro to take a little batting practice, Piniella told him, before turning to his future star. 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. That was pretty crazy., Throughout the summer, the Mariners also took advantage of their geographic location, catering to Japanese fans with weekend ticket packages and accommodations. SEATTLE -- It began like an outdoor concert for an iconic rock star, and in many ways, Ichiro Suzuki carries that reputation in these parts. Its harder to get a handle on it from your own chair in Chicago or your own domestic scouts. Colborn could attest, and after spending seven years as an MLB pitching coach, he returned to Japan in 2008 as the Rangers Pacific Rim scouting coordinator. I wasn't ready for 116 kisses from the manager.. I just wanted Ichiro to do reasonably well and succeed, he says. What sets Mariners OF Kyle Lewis apart from other prospects. When the Miami Marlins made a rare trip to Seattle for a series in 2017, many wondered if it would be the last time Ichiro played at Safeco Field. He's saying the throw was a beautiful peg. Put them together and it makes him the all-time pro baseball hit king, a title he passed Pete Rose for in 2016. 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. Physics says he had to have put a little arc on it but I'm not sure. By the end of the regular season, he led the league in batting average (.350), hits (242), and stolen bases (56), becoming just the second player to win Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same season. 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. The version on MLB's YouTube channel doesn't have it, and it's too bad. Joe Fann details the six biggest. 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. Suzuki and the Mariners announced Thursday his 2018 season was over. 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. Niehaus was the voice of the Mariners from their first game on April 6, 1977, through the end of the 2010 season with his golden Midwestern voice punctuated by his trademark "My oh My!" and "It will fly away!" calls. I want our players to know that I am with you in your fight to be the best. David Arnold Niehaus (February 19, 1935 - November 10, 2010) was an American sportscaster. 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. Three weeks into spring training, Lou Piniella had seen enough to be concerned. The influence of people like Ichiro and Matsui raised the reputation of Japanese fielders. Earlier in the decade, Hendry had leaned on Pacific Rim scout Leon Lee to take the temperature of players eligible to be posted, and as the franchises international staff expanded, he found Fukudome fit a need in right field. I saw this angle 20 years ago and have been looking for it ever since. He comes back to the dugout, getting ready to walk down the steps to take his helmet off, and he says, Is that turn on ball, Lou? McLaren says. Walk-off homers were a rarity off the Yankees legend. I remember him being out in right field with Jay Buhner and they were taking infield, Rizzs says. Ichiro tips his cap to the Tokyo crowd as he leaves his last MLB game. Everything was like clockworkhed get his massage, hit off the tee, light weights, stretch, snack. Next door in the press box, Mariners broadcaster Dave Niehaus described the throw as being like "something out of Star Wars," a call that was soon attached to the clip on every sports report . Ichiro, charging, fields a single cleanly, takes an abbreviated crow-hop and launches an absolute laser that never gets more than 10 feet off the ground, never takes a bounce and never forces third baseman David Bell to move his glove, other than to apply the tag to a stunned Long. There were a whole slew of guys that were maybe All-Stars in Japan but just not as outstanding a player [as Ichiro], but they found that there could be a role in MLB for those types of players., In 2008, Hendry engaged in a bidding war for star outfielder Kosuke Fukudome, a member of the Chunichi Dragons who had seen Ichiros success and was inspired to play abroad. 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. So it was a mutual thing., The Cubs ultimately won negotiating rights for Fukudome, and the outfielder signed a four-year, $48 million contract. Former Mariners Alvin Davis, Jay Buhner, and team announcer Dave Niehaus of the Seattle Mariners throw out the ceremonial first pitch of the game on. So on March 20, 2001, following an early lunch with bench coach John McLaren, Piniella headed to batting practice at the Mariners complex and called over Ted Heid, Seattles Pacific Rim scout and Ichiros temporary interpreter. During the previous three years, he broke the countrys single-season hit record (he had 210 hits in 130 games), won the first of seven straight batting titles, and transcended the limits of the Pacific League. So embrace it by giving your best without imposing limits on yourself. By November, the Mariners had won the rights with a $13 million offer, and they quickly signed Ichiro to a three-year contract. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Id meet with him somewhere, usually at UCLA, one time we went to Cal State Fullerton, another time to Pepperdine, Colborn says. Id never faced a guy who was a better bad ball hitter., The torrid start only made Ichiros spotlight brighter, especially in Japan. My friend and I always used to say Terrensh Long. SEATTLE (AP) Ichiro Suzuki's otherworldly talents made an early impression on Dave Niehaus, the Hall of Fame voice of the Seattle Mariners. I think Aaron Goldsmith could join them if he sticks around long enough. He also addressed Piniella. In his rookie season of 2001, he threw a frozen rope to nail Oaklands Terrence Long trying to go from first to third on a base hit. All of them got their chance after Suzuki smashed the stereotypes that surrounded Japanese hitters. I believe that they represent a new way of thinking, a new philosophy that has arisen within Japanese society, and that this new philosophy will have a tremendous influence., As Whiting notes, because Ichiro played every day, he became daily national news, a sort of baseball emissary beating up American pitchers. Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) was formed and charged with developing, building and managing the most comprehensive baseball experience available on the internet. So that was a challenge. Ichiro walks off into history in sayonara at Tokyo Dome. The Japanese sensation would go on to win the Rookie of the Year and the MVP that same season, but all of that came after this laser beam. Simply put, it was vintage Ichiro. They dont allow for individual differences. , "Mariners broadcaster Dave Niehaus dies at 75", "2008 Ford C. 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MLBlogs: Flix Hernndez will be inducted into the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame in August, the club announced Wednesday. Then Ichiro unleashed what would be dubbed The Throw, a laser beam that met David Bells glove knee-high and allowed the third baseman to gently apply a tag for the out. Inside the Tokyo Dome as a Mariners employee, Id be the only scout there, he says. Yet after narrowly escaping Cleveland in the ALDS, their season ended in the Bronx for the second straight year, with a loss to the Yankees in five games. "The Throw," one of Ichiro's signature moments in his Major League . 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. I never go up to a player and tell him or give him advice or anything like that, Ichiro said. In 1983, Niehaus hired Rizzs to join the Mariners' broadcast team. That was a much better call. Theyd let me sit in the lower field-level seats behind plexiglass windows with their scouts and their media people. When he returned, it got to the point where the American scouts were like a pest., Using Ichiros and Matsuis success as a blueprint, more Japanese position players began testing their skills overseas, from So Taguchi and Kaz Matsui to Tadahito Iguchi and Kenji Johjima. The death of Dave Niehaus, 75, will be devastating for fans in the Northwest. SEATTLE King's Court will be back in session this summer. But emotionally because I was able to finish the way I was able to finish, that kind of beats out all the other things; it just makes it so that I'm at peace.. 0 Followers. Don't you know. I'm not sure he threw that ball at an upward angle. The reality of being 44 years old, being unable to consistently catch up to 95 mph fastballs, being a step or two slower trying to beat out an infield single. I always used to say Terrensh Long could pass on to win the Rookie the. 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