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Baseball Musings
March 12, 2008
Useful 0-For

Ichiro Suzuki is using his 0 for 21 slump as a learning experience:

"To tell you the truth, some of this is kind of fun," Ichiro said, speaking through translator Ken Barron. "To be in a situation this early in spring training, and have this bit of an intense environment, it's something I couldn't experience before.

"Basically, it's a situation where I need to battle within myself mentally. That's something I haven't experienced this time of year, and I get to experience that right now. That is something that is great for me."

So rejoice, Mariners fans. Ichiro, as usual, is in full control of the situation. The more outs, the merrier. All hail the weak grounder! Power to the pop fly!

"Once I get a hit, it might actually make me sad this experience isn't going to be there anymore," he said. "At the same time, I understand I need results."

Seattle fans will be happy if he goes 0 for 40 in spring training and those twelve missing hits show up in the regular season.

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