a rare night Off

One of great shames over last decade has been Ichiro Suzuki's lack of exposure to October baseball.

Ichiro-era Mariners did win post-season series in 2001 but were denied World Series berth by Yankees.

Not only has Ichiro come up with a well-documented, bell curve-shattering career thus far in Seattle, but he also has become one of baseball's great personalities.

Other night in Toronto, in case you missed it:


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Mr. Suzuki decided to go with visual Exhibit A to back up case that home plate umpire Brian Runge had called an outside strike. And result was ...

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Predictable.

Only thing that would have been funnier would have been if Ichiro pulled pair of eyeglasses out of pocket and gave to Blue.

It was reported that Ichiro had never before been ejected from game, not even while he was on Orix Blue Wave.

This, just about a week after right fielder who once argued with straight face that chicks dig Infield Hits more than the Long-Ball, hit a dramatic walk-off home run against Mariano Rivera at 1 a.m. Eastern Time.

Come to think of it, it's straight face that makes him so compelling. Here's to Ichiro's eventual return to playoffs!