Mike Cameron

Now they're both come to the Mariners.

Now, a- and from what the Japanese, you know, media and guys like you, Alan, all of a sudden people in Japan know who I am, know who Edgar Martinez is, know who John Olerud is, know who Mike Cameron is because of Kaz and Ichiro.

Did that affect his level of fame even...

W- was it even bigger, I guess, the, the question is, after h- him coming to the States, because he's one of the few Japanese players, when he went back home in the off-season?

You know, I, I, I can really say that, you know, two thousand and one might be the only year that I really had fun playing baseball.

Um, you know, obviously getting along with the guys is one, and I, and I, I'm the same way with you, where, you know, I, I had went out to dinner with a lot of the guys.

Um, but you know, not that we were all just, we got along, but we just came together and, you know, remember, you know, Mike Cameron, you know, on the bus, you know, doing his thing, you know, the, the talking and the singing and bringing the team together.

Um, it was just a special group of guys and special time that, uh, we all experienced.

Now...

And from what the Japanese media and guys like you, Alan, all of a sudden people in Japan know who I am, know who Edgar Martinez is, know who John Olerud is, know who Mike Cameron is because of Kaz and Ichiro.

Did that affect his level of fame? Was it even bigger, I guess, the question is, after coming to the States, because he's one of the few Japanese players, when he went back home in the offseason?

As you know, Mr. Sasaki himself is a star.

You know, obviously getting along with the guys is one.

And I'm the same way with you where, you know, I had went out to dinner with a lot of the guys.

But, you know, not that we were all just we got along, but we just came together and, you know, Remember, you know, Mike Cameron, you know, on the bus, you know, doing his thing, you know, the talking and the singing and bringing the team together.

It was just a special group of guys and special time that we all experienced.

I learned a lot of that from his interviews with when I was 10, 12 years old.

Um, and then I'm gonna go with Mike Cameron.

Mm.

Solid.

And again, like, I love folding this up.

I had Mike Cameron have this at bat in, like, whatever it was, 18th inning or whatever.

He's like, I've never seen this.

Right.