It is four hours before the first pitch and many of his teammates and opponents have not arrived at the ballpark, so he has the entire field to himself. He begins to stretch. He will continue to ...

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“You see that right there,” the father told his son, pointing to Ichiro stretching in right field, “that’s dedication right there.” The scene stuck with Strange-Gordon, who fortuitously became ...