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Adrian Gonzalez Gets His Ichiro On

by Rob Neyer

Last Saturday night in the Bronx, Adrian Gonzalez went down meekly the first three times he faced CC Sabathia: strikeout, grounder to first base, GiDP.

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His fourth time up, with two men on base and the Red Sox already up 3-0, Gonzalez asked Terry Francona if he could hit like Ichiro. Francona told him to do whatever he wanted, as long as he got a hit.

↵The results? See for yourself (but Sabathia isn’t going to forget what happened anytime soon).

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