Ichiro Skepticism, Episode 1

We go back to his days in Japan:

↵↵But [Orix manager Shozo] Doi … had also been critical of Ichiro’s unorthodox batting form. “You’ll never make it hitting that way,” he’d said and instructed him to plant his feet and shorten his grip.

↵↵↵[Ichiro] subsequently declared, rather dramatically, that he would rather stay on the farm team than continue trying to alter his swing.

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