And Buck was very snazzy. And Buck would always be out at the K (Kaufmann Stadium), hanging out at the batting cage, not just talking to the Royal players, but talking to all the players when they came through Kansas City. And so he struck up a relationship, or I should say, the two of them struck up a relationship. And I think for Buck, Buck knew exactly what Ichiro was going to go through when he announced that he was coming to the US to play in the major leagues. Because no matter what he had accomplished there in Japan, the minute he said he was coming to go play over here in the major leagues, all the naysayers said, ‘well, you did that in your league, you won’t do that in our league.’ And what does he do? He comes over here and rips this league up as well.
