Former Seattle Mariners Star Has a Unique Way to Describe Former Teammate Ichiro Suzuki

The 2001 Seattle Mariners were the greatest regular season team in baseball history, having won 116 games against just 46 losses. Unfortunately, they didn't win the World Series, but more than 20 years later, the lore of their regular season success lives on. 

The Mariners great season was made even greater considering they had lost Ken Griffey Jr. and Alex Rodriguez in successive seasons. You usually don't get better when losing two Hall of Fame talents, but the Mariners did. Part of the reason that the Mariners did get better was because they added a future Hall of Famer in Ichiro Suzuki.

Ichiro came over from Japan before the 2001 season and went on to win both the Rookie of the Year and the MVP awards.

He led the league in hits that year (242), won the batting title at .350 and led the league in steals with 56.

Speaking on the 'Black Diamonds' podcast, his former teammate, Mike Cameron, described Ichiro's 2001 season in a very unique way.

"...There was no answer for his skillset. He was just special, like real special. When I watched him play, I just say he's like a dancing ballerina mixed with a black cat, he just had this ability, man...."