Thread: Will Ichiro get the * from Maris?
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Old 09-04-2004, 05:21 PM
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Default Will Ichiro get the * from Maris?
Posted By: warshawlaw

A season is a season. You take the structure of the game as it is found at the time. The * was a travesty at the time Maris set the record and strictly the creation of a cabal of sportswriters and a biased commissioner. I note that no one commented about slapping a star on it due to the long schedule when Koufax broke the single season K record in a 162-game season.

Ichiro is a great, great player who will be the first Japanese HOFer if he lasts ten seasons at the same level as his first four seasons.

That being said, I don't think it is worth debating the issue until he reaches 240-245 hits.

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