Even with cameras in the All-Star clubhouses, Fox couldn't have shown the traditional pregame pep talk given the American League by perennial All-Star right fielder Ichiro Suzuki. Not only do his anti-National League diatribes work like WD-40 – the AL hasn't lost an All-Star Game since he first made one as a “rookie” in 2001 – but they reveal that Ichiro knows a lot more English than he lets on. Most of it unprintable. Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz is the one who always orders the normally low-key but mischievous Ichiro to make what Larry Stone of the Seattle Times calls his “Win One for the Bleeper” speech. This year's wild-eyed, obscenity-filled rant was thusly recalled by temporary teammate Justin Morneau of the Minnesota Twins: “(Suzuki) was sitting in the locker back there, and David Ortiz said, 'Ichi's got...
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