evidence: Often I hear how baseball doesn't appeal to young children. They like the action of basketball or soccer. Fair enough. Baseball is a conservative sport, and the older you get, the more conservative you tend to become. And the more you come to appreciate the nuancesof baseball. And once you're hooked, you're hooked for the rest of your life. [...] I can't believe this. I'm watching the Mariners at Texas. In consecutive half innings, I saw Ichiro strikeout swing, and look bad doing it, then make a terrible throw to the plate as Catalanotto was scoring. You don't see either of hose two often. [...] I noticed last year that I had to force myself to like Ichiro. He doesn't walk enough, he swings at pitches out of the strike zone, no power, runs too much. That's the Sabrematrician in me talking. But Suzuki is exciting. I should have been embracing that excitement, while keeping his flaws in perspective. I did that with Bo Jackson, before he got hurt. I should have known to do that with Ichiro.