Charley Walters: The year Paul Molitor coached Ichiro Suzuki

Baseball Hall of Famer Paul Molitor from St. Paul will be in Cooperstown, N.Y., in three weeks when Ichiro Suzuki from Japan will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Molitor, the former Twins American League Manager of the Year in 2017, was Suzuki’s hitting coach with the Mariners in 2004, the season he set MLB’s single-season hits record of 262.

“The funny thing is that during spring training, the Mariners w...