By Drew Grant 2:51pm

Baseball

Ichiro Suzuki: #31 of the New York Yankees (Getty Images)

Yankees Newest Player Ichiro Suzuki Immortalized in Song By Death Cab For Cutie Frontman

Yesterday was a sad day for Seattle, when the Mariners traded their sui generis right fielder Ichiro Suzuki to the New York Yankees in exchange for two minor league players, D.J. Mitchell and Danny Farquhar. After all, the Japanese-American player spent 12 seasons in the Pacific Northwest, breaking records all over the place, including the single-season record for hits in the history of baseball.

Now he’s heading to NYC to play alongside A-Rod, and just to rub salt in the wound, his first game was played the same night as the trade, against his former teammates.

No hard feelings though: as a parting tribute, Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard wrote Ichiro Suzuki his own anthem. Read More

By Gabriel Sherman 8/30/04 12:00am

Behind the Music: Deaf to the World, iPod Addict Unplugs

On a recent F train commute to work, I missed my stop. I watched with helpless misery as the doors shut and my subway pulled away from Lexington Avenue, whisking me against my will toward the wilds of Queens. Murmurs of frustration degenerated into self-loathing expletives. I hadn’t simply spaced out; I had a much Read More