This story on ESPN.com about the Seattle Mariners and a player wanting to punch Ichiro's "lights out" was no surprise here.

I covered the Mariners for three games in May or June for mlb.com and in 15 years of being in Major League Baseball clubhouses, it's the worst atmosphere I've ever been in.

There was one standup guy in that clubhouse: Raul Ibanez.

Erik Bedard and Felix Hernandez, the top two pitchers on the staff, have no interest in dealing with the media. Neither did it appear Ichiro.

Granted, it's hard to get a read from just tree games of covering a clubhouse, but this story adds confirmation.