A Japanese couple watch at large TV screen in Tokyo, 11 July 2001, which showing Seattle Mariners’ slugger Ichiro Suzuki of Japan during the Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star game in Seattle, being broadcast across Japan live via satellite. Ichiro, who received the most votes by MLB players in the balloting process to decide who’s selected to start the game, got a hit in his first at bat against Arizona pitcher Randy Johnson. AFP PHOTO/Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo by YOSHIKAZU TSUNO / AFP) (Photo by YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images