"It was April 2001, and I had gone to Oakland Coliseum to see what the big deal was with the new Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki.

In the eighth inning, I found out. On a single to right field by Athletics catcher Ramon Hernandez, Terrence Long attempted to go from first to third. When Suzuki came up with the ball, he steadied himself and fired the ball to third on a low, hard line drive that shot like a laser out of his arm. The ball landed perfectly in third baseman David Bell's glove, and Long was out by a wide margin.

It was a jaw-dropping event, a play you tell your grandchildren about years later. And if I ever have a grandchild, I plan to do just that."