From Japan to US, Ichiro born to be a star

Kelvin Torve and Ty Gainey discuss playing with Ichiro Suzuki in Japan early in his career and how he has progressed over the yearsAnd the spry Ichiro is still going.

His 3,000th career hit at Coors Field on Sunday gave him the final milestone he had set out to conquer in this country, one more seemingly superhuman feat of hardball history to muster out of the gracefully aging 5-foot-11, 175-pound frame that has slashed in the batter's box, sped around the bases and glided through the outfield through so many innings.

Ichiro has finally achieved the exalted round number that in the past has made Cooperstown entry a near-mortal lock, and he's done it as the elder statesman of a young Marlins…