Have you ever wondered why the American League tends to win every All-Star Game? It's a surprise for us to learn that the AL All-stars have revealed their secret weapon: Ichiro Suzuki's pre-game pep talk.
According to Yahoo Sports, "Every year, after the AL manager addresses his team, Ichiro bursts from his locker, a bundle of kinetic energy, and proceeds, in English, to disparage the National League with an H-bomb of F-bombs, stunning first-timers who had no idea Ichiro speaks the queen's language fluently and making returnees happy that they had played well enough to see the pep talk again." "It's why we win," David Ortiz said...
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It motivates every to hate the N.L and play their best. While it also give the players something to laugh at and look forward to every yr.
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My only question is this: why haven't the Seattle Mariners, who happen to be both my home team as well as my favorite team outside of the Dodgers, become as successful as the AL All Star teams of the past 10 years or so? Doesn't he have some sort of speech for his teammates as well?
If not, he needs to start and see what happens. Hell, I'M interested in seeing what happens...