Japan Cheers as Ichiro Chases U.S. Baseball Record
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Newspapers and TV are giving a daily  count-down, and Japanese from salarymen to politicians are  holding their breath as Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro  Suzuki challenges one of the oldest records in major league  baseball.
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The Seattle Mariners&#39; Ichiro Suzuki broke a long-standing Major League record with his 258th hit of the season, a third-inning single against the Texas Rangers on Friday.
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Helped by spectacular individual performances from Barry Bonds and Ichiro Suzuki and some pulsating division battles, Major League Baseball underlined its position as the great American pastime setting a single season attendance record
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Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki stole his AL single-season record 33rd consecutive base in the third inning and extended another major league record in the Kansas City Royals' 7-4 victory over Seattle on Saturday night.
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Ichiro Suzuki showed he was a great hitter as soon as he arrived in the United States. Now he's proving to be one of the best in baseball history.
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Japanese school children and grown up fans cheered Ichiro Suzuki when he set a new major league baseball record for hits in a single season, a milestone that drew personal congratulations from Japan's prime minister.
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Sapporo, Japan (Sports Network) - Daisuke Matsuzaka went the distance on a five-hitter to lead Japan to a 5-1 victory over the Major League Baseball All- Stars in the sixth of an eight-game exhibition series.
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Japan&#39;s Ichiro Suzuki is poised to break one of the oldest records in major league baseball. The Seattle Mariners outfielder is chasing
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Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki produced four hits on Wednesday, reaching his 247th this season and only 10 shy of the Major League record of most hits in a single season.
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SEATTLE (Ticker) - Ichiro Suzuki, the lightning-quick leadoff hitter of the Seattle Mariners, can set the 84-year-old single-season hits record at his home park.
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Akinori Iwamura stepped up to the podium, took a deep breath and smiled. The last time the five-time Japanese League All-Star remembered feeling so nervous, his country was facing the United States on the way to winning the inaugural World Baseball Classic last winter.
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Ichiro Suzuki, baseball's sang-froid  player, is racing to shatter an elusive record for hits in a  single season, aiming to bring glory to himself, the Seattle  Mariners and his country Japan.
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Ichiro Suzukiâs stylish play was the marquee moment in a game that had a familiar ending, with the American League edging the National League on Tuesday night.
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Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki stole his AL single-season record 33rd consecutive base in the third inning of Seattle's game against Kansas City on Saturday night.
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Ichiro Suzuki highlighted a four-run, two-out rally in the eighth with an RBI double, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-4 on Monday.
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Newspapers and TV are giving a daily count-down, and Japanese from salarymen to politicians are holding their breath as Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki challenges
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Ichiro Suzuki got one hit and plenty of help in knocking Oakland out of first place. Suzuki&#39;s fifth-inning single gave him 255 hits, two shy of George Sisler&#39;s 84-year-old major league record