An anonymous clubhouse insider told the Seattle Times that Mariners teammates were so annoyed with Ichiro Suzuki earlier this season that they considered beating him up.
"I just can't believe the number of guys who really dislike him," said the insider. "It got to a point early on when I thought they were going to get together and go after him." The coaching staff and then-manager John McLaren intervened when one player was overheard talking about wanting to "knock him out." Perhaps the goal would have been to knock him around like the rest of the league has done to Carlos Silva this year, but given Mariners' hitters reputations, it's likely that the team could land several blows and still not do any damage. It's not as though Richie Sexson had a chance of making contact. Sep. 25 - 1:28 pm et

That whole franchise is just a total mess right now.

Still if he was available, I'd love to nab Ichiro in a trade, if the price was right (they' want one of Danks or Floyd surely).

I'd trade for Ichiro in a heart beat and put him in center field and bat lead off. It won't happen but it's fun to think about.

I'd gladly give up Jason Bere, I mean, Gavin Floyd if it netted us Ichiro.

AMEN.

Floyd, Anderson, Fields, Shelby, Poreda.

We could probably get Brian Roberts for a package of Poreda, Shelby, Getz, Fields.

Yuck...not with Roberts going into his walk year.

Ichiro at 17M a year as a 35 year old, or Brian Roberts resigned for 11-12M a year at 31 years old.

Ichiro for JD. Dew it.