There is also an interesting thing likely to occur this year.
Ichiro is highly unlikely to be at the game. The Mariners attendence is falling. It has been 8 years since he played in Japan. The Mariners aren't on TV there as often, splitting time with the Yankees, the Red Sox and a handful of other teams. The Mariners just plain suck.
To top that off
Ichiro's season has been a rather pedestrian 271/337/377 with 2 HR and 18 SB. That isn't going to drive any All Star votes around the nation.
Plus the Mariners have two fairly outstanding pitchers in Erik Bedard and Felix Hernandez who are more likely to get their single player.
Are we about to see the end of the Ichiro! era or is he going to go on a burst of singles to "power" his way to the game again?