Art Thiel is co-founder of Sportspressnw.com and a former sports columnist for The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. His latest book, “Russell Wilson: Standing Tall,” is available on amazon.com. Follow him @Art_Thiel
In 2009, Ichiro's image was everywhere on Tokyo's trains advertising a Kirin beer that was touted as the world's first true 0 percent alcohol beer. Besides the Ichiro association, the beer was boosted...
