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No offense intended, implied, or even hinted at -- but I've heard the whistle of this train of thought before on other sites and just don't seem to have the brain cells necessary to see the validity of the argument.
I don't believe everyone has the personality to be a regularly vocal leader. Ichiro seems to lead mostly by example -- and production. And both of those speak as loudly as have ever been heard in my time as a baseball fan.
To require him to be other than he is, when what he is is phenomenal, is simply baffling to me.
My $.02 -- and I'm not sure it's worth that much. *grins*