Darrin Beene is entering his seventh year at The News Tribune, having covered the Tacoma Rainiers in 2005 and Major League Baseball for two years before that. Beene, a former assistant sports editor at The News Tribune, also worked for the Los Angeles Daily News and Los Angeles Times. He lives in the South Sound with his wife and two children.
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Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki was named the American League Player of the Week for the period ending June 4.
Ichiro led all AL hitters with nine runs scored last week while batting .440 (11-25) with a double, a triple and two stolen bases. The five-time A.L. All-Star drew three walks and collected 14 total bases while posting a .517 on-base percentage and a .560 slugging percentage.
The two-time batting champion finished the month of May with a .371 average (46-124), 22 runs scored and nine stolen bases.
He is currently the Major League leader in hits with 83 and ranks in the top ten of the American League for batting average, runs scored and stolen bases. The Mariners leadoff hitter currently ranks fourth in All-Star balloting for outfielders.
This marks the second time Suzuki has been named the A.L. Player of the Week, having last captured the award on Aug. 8, 2004.
Other candidates considered were Gary Matthews (.444, 1 HR, 6 RBI) of Texas and Vernon Wells (.389, 4 HR, 7 RBI) of Toronto. Pitchers considered for the award were John Rheinecker (2-0, 1.10 ERA, 16.1 IP) of the Rangers and Jamie Moyer (1-0, 1 CG, 0.00) of the Mariners.
