Former baseball player Ichiro Suzuki visits the hall of fame frequently. He mostly used to come during off seasons. Sometimes he would like to stay in the hall of fame till evening and sometimes he stays overnight. The hall of fame is a special place for him. He has visited the place six times continuously. Suzuki first visited the hall of fame in 2001, the first season he had 200 hits with the group Seattle Mariners. In 2013 he went back to Cooperstown after the season with Yankees.
He made a habit of visiting the hall of fame when he noticed an exhibit which celebrated his record of 262 hits. This hit was in 2004. He has gone through the documents in the library and checked the historic equipment in the archive. The archive included many objects that were not displayed. He has donated many objects to the hall of fame and has promised that he will donate all his artifacts gradually.
The archive cannot be viewed by the public until it gets the permission. Suzuki has examined the historic bats. The museum now keeps a set of things aside for Suzuki to review. They need him to analysis the objects. Suzuki searches for resonant point by tapping on the bat and listens to the sound it produces. Suzuki can identify if the bat is of strong wood or not. When he checked very old bat, he told that he had never heard a sound like that. He might have felt that it is of strong woods.
Suzuki’s idea of focusing on the sound is interesting and not surprising. It is a scientific approach to analyzing the bat. When he used to play, he likes to carry eight bats with moisture absorbing bags. When asked about it, he said ‘We take care of our bats and instruments.
