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Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki takes a lead off second base
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Ichiro takes on another new role with the Mariners: batting
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Ichiro Suzuki throws BP to Mariners
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Ichiro hits two homers in M's win
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Mariners joke Ichiro should be in Home Run Derby
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Ichiro Suzuki deflects retirement talk, will continue pregame rituals