Joe Maddon toasts the retiring Ichiro Suzuki: `He can do whatever he wants on a baseball field with the bat`
(Chicago Tribune Religion News)

Ichiro Suzuki´s retirement Thursday night after 19 major-league seasons and 3,089 hits bought back fond memories for Joe Maddon, who recalled a scene at a St. Louis restaurant prior to the 2009 All-Star Game. `I sent over a bottle of wine with the request that he´d hit a home run on the first pitch...