[新聞] Ichiro says he considered moving to Yankees

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Mariners star Ichiro says he considered moving to Yankees

Tue Nov 27, 2:48 AM ET

TOKYO (AFP) - Ichiro Suzuki said he considered moving to the New York Yankees
before deciding -- with his wife's encouragement -- to stick with the
underperforming Seattle Mariners.


"I had been wavering in my mind since early spring," the Japanese baseball
star admitted in an interview with Kyodo News published Tuesday.

Ichiro said his friends spoke to him about options including returning to
Japan, joining compatriot slugger Hideki Matsui at the Yankees or playing
with Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka at the Boston Red Sox.

The seven-time All-Star outfielder, who holds the Major League record for
hits in a season, said he narrowed down his choice to the Yankees and
Mariners.

The 34-year-old, who was eligible to become a free agent at the end of the
last season, signed a five-year contract extension worth a reported 100
million dollars with the Seattle Mariners in July.

"I once thought that maybe it was only the Yankees who could make up for what
I would lose by leaving the Mariners and would provide satisfaction to me and
others," he said.

But he said the Japanese-owned Mariners "carried much heavier weight" for him
in the end.

Ichiro said he did not remember the exact moment he made the decision but it
was probably when he was having dinner with his wife, Yumiko, a 41-year-old
former television anchorwoman.

"I was wavering but let on an air like I wanted to play in Seattle. Yumiko
sensed it and told me, 'You don't want to leave here, do you?' I felt like I
got encouragement," he told Kyodo.

But Ichiro made no secret of his disappointments with the Mariners, who have
not gone to the playoffs since his debut year with them in 2001.

"Not only I but also Yumiko feel impatient at not being able to go to the
playoffs for years," he said.

Ichiro also said he has avoided major injuries despite more than 15 years as
a professional player by "not making efforts."

"What I mean by 'efforts' is enduring pain. In principle I don't do it unless
my body wants it," he said.


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推 FENOR:開玩笑的啦，他之前不是和水手簽完約了
推 jackselina:友人跟他亂哈拉的吧...
推 ufo1111:明年比較可能吧
推 DanBrown:明年？他不是簽新約了嗎？
推 Tzylu:在延長合約之前他想來 現在不可能了
推 globalview:這真的是超級大乳摸了......XD
推 NcThoR:!!!
推 yattin:內文怎麼看都只是Ichiro自己打打嘴砲而已...
推 daimou:人人年薪2000俱樂部指日可待
推 ElDuque:完全不可能來吧....= =
推 tsming:講好玩的吧:P
→ molemilk:豪洨的吧
推 aresa:科科，都幾歲的人了
→ aresa:又老又貴，是我洋基
推 iluy:松井: 想看就拿去嘛 何必為了這些賭氣
→ JessicaA1ba:一朗來亂的 XD
推 guitarseven:衷心希望這是真的啊
推 Jamesbang:都簽完合約了　這是來搞笑的嗎？
推 argon007:除非交易，但是要交易誰？
推 mirai51:這專訪是2007年的回顧，日文版:http://tinyurl.com/ynrngb
→ mirai51:並不是他現在這樣想，而是當時做抉擇的心情，裡面也提到有
→ mirai51:人希望他回日本打球，或是到紅襪和Matsuzaka一起打球。
→ mirai51:只是單純的標題這樣打而已，內容沒什麼聳動的東西啦~!
推 DSB520:.......這 講爽的啦
推 dobioptt:Ichiro:我以前曾暗戀過一個女孩叫洋基,但現在我結婚了...
推 teapot43:通通都來洋基!!!
推 gerkk:過去就讓他過去 ~~~~
推 chordate:有些人的英文能力有待加強
推 FatBearInn:請諸公把第一段再看清楚一點再推文... "before he..."
※ 編輯: parabird        來自: 59.104.224.62        (11/28 16:28)
推 wizardbulls:JUST KIDDING
推 HXZ:連第一段都不用看吧...標題都寫的很清楚了...considered