Ichiro nervous, grateful ahead of Hall of Fame induction
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Five all-time greats get immortalized this weekend at the National Baseball Hall of Fame's annual induction ceremony.
“Lou Piniella was very skeptical,” said Larry Stone, a Seattle Times baseball writer who has covered Ichiro’s career extensively. “That spring training, Ichiro started off not pulling the ball, not driving the ball. And Lou was like, ‘Who is this guy? When is he going to show me something?’”