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By Tom Coyle

Monday, April 14, 2003

There are no George Arias bobblehead doll giveaways. There are no Sports Illustrated covers, no ESPN highlights. No army of American reporters crossing the Pacific to shadow his every move. No live game broadcasts back to his home country. And, thankfully, no paparazzi determined to photograph him in the nude for $2 million. This is the other side of the Ichiro story. While the Japanese outfielder makes international baseball history and creates his own mania in Seattle, Arias plays in fr ...

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