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Posted By: warshawlaw
Ichiro has topped 200 hits for the 6th consecutive season. He's over 200 hits every one of his seasons in the majors and needs only 4 more runs to top 100 runs in every season. |
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Posted By: Patrick McMenemy
Ichiro will look nice in a Red Sox uniform next year! |
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Posted By: Gilbert Maines
I was going to say that Hornsby did it for ten years. But he didn't. What he did was average over 200 hits per season for ten consecutive years: 1920-1929 = 2080 hits. |
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Posted By: Gilbert Maines
Of course, six consecutive seasons with 200 or more hits is nothing to sneeze about, one would think ~ especially from the get go ~ but thats the way this is done! |
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Posted By: bill
I know we all have other sports cards so I didn't think |
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Posted By: Dan Kravitz
Bill- the card looks off centered 60-40. Doesn't look like a 10 to me. I wonder what SGC would grade it? What a joke. That is one bad investment! |
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Posted By: Rhys
Ichiro will not leave Seattle. He could have bolted numerous times by now and stays in Seattle because he is comfortable there. I think what many people in America forget is that Seattle is where most japanese players WANT to play, and it has never been about the money for Ichiro. All Seattle needs to do in order to become more popular in Japan is to follow the Angels and call themselves the Tokyo Mariners of Seattle. Ichiro Stays! |
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Posted By: Scot Reader
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Posted By: jay behrens
Just imagine what kind of press he would be getting if he was American |
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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman
And how about the fact that he was voted by his peers to have the best outfield arm in baseball? |
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Posted By: dstudeba
The only player in baseball that I will expressly go to a game for. |
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Posted By: Josh Adams
I try to get out to see the Mariners play when they come into Chicago solely for Ichiro. What a great player. I love watching him hit. |
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Posted By: Jason
Ichiro does have one of the finest outfield arms in the game...I never thought much of him either way until I attended a Yankees game in 2003. Amazing seats (the only way I'll go to a Yankees game), 10 rows behind 1st base. |
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Posted By: Tom Boblitt
the numbers say what they say....Rose had 200 hits 10 times and averaged 200 hits from 1965-1980 - a 16 year period. |
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Posted By: Jason
earned his spot in baseball history, no doubt. |
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Posted By: Bob
I wish I could say Ichiro would be right at home playing for the Twins next year I hate you big market team fans, you get to do so much scheming and dreaming. |
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Posted By: Gilbert Maines
That's some stat, Tom. I did not realize that Rose did that. 16 consecutive years averaging over 200 hits/season! |
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Posted By: walkscott
Jay, I don't think anyone would argue - Ichiro would get far less press if he were American. |
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Posted By: warshawlaw
I recall being at a Dodgers game a few years ago and watching Shawn Green hammer a throw like that; straight arrow on a line from deep right at Dodgers stadium to the plate on the fly. He had a cannon out there, which is why they tried to make him a first baseman. I know, that's harsh, but having watched them bumble away a lead to the D-Backs Saturday night (and having spent $$ for the privilege), I am not in a merciful mood. |
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Posted By: walkscott
Another guy with an awesome arm is Jeff Francouer - that guy is flat-out exciting to have on a team....plus, he actually seems to enjoy playing baseball! |
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Posted By: jay behrens
The best outfield arm I ever saw was Ellis Valentine. He had an absolute cannon and if not for being hit in the head with an errant pitch, would have had a hell of a career. Just imagine a long term outfiled that would have featured Dawon, Raines and Valentine. |
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Posted By: Brett
You guys have to remember Ichiro averages almost 700 at bats per season. Its not going to be THAT tough to get 200 hits if you get so many at bats. Hes a good player, but come on, many players in the majors would get 200 hits given they have close to 700 at bats. If you see the standings for the top 10 averages in the both leagues, Ichiro has about 100 + more at bats than everyone...... |
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Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)
Those 700 at bats a season (actually an average of 680 at bats for his first five seasons) are a testament to his conditioning and training. That and the fact that he's a leadoff hitter is one reason why he gets so many at bats. |
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Posted By: davidcycleback
Ichiro is very good, not great, batter, who steals a good number of bases, is a great |
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Posted By: Dave Rey
Ichiro gets nearly 700 ABs every year because he refuses to walk. He is not a good leadoff hitter unless he's hitting around .350 because he's only on base if he hits a single -- which are all he hits, as he's only get 35 extra-base hits in his 678 ABs thus far this season. |
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Posted By: David Smith
I will tell you what, Dave. I will trade you Adam Dunn of the Cincinnati Reds straight up for Ichiro. |
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Posted By: walkscott
I would take Dunn for Ichiro in a flash. But the Mariners would not - Ichiro is a huge drawing card in Seattle for reasons listed in prior posts. In Cincinnati he would just be an overpaid lead-off hitter. |
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Posted By: David Smith
Walkscot, I wish you were Seattles GM!! I am a Reds fan and you should see how other fans on the Reds chat board talk about Dunn and wish he were gone. |
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Posted By: Dave Rey
I'd take the Dunn trade, even though he is hitting just .237, he's more valuable offensively than Ichiro. He's only scored 8 less runs than Ichiro, creates more runs overall per outs and next year will be going into his peak season at 27 years of age. |
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Posted By: davidcycleback
Seattle has a large Asian population and social presence, and the Mariners ownership has a strong Japanese influence. A former co-wner was Japanese, and the current owner is Nintendo of America. So Japanese players may feel they will be comfortable in Seattle. |
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Posted By: runscott
Admittedly, I would be a sorry GM - I don't even have the patience for fantasy baseball. |
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Posted By: David Smith
Runscot, it OK. I was just seeing what non-Cincinnati Reds fans thought of Dunn. Like I said before, most people on the Reds board are tired of Dunn, especially his Strike Outs and his poor defense and don't think he is very desirable as far as trade bait goes. |
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Posted By: Dave Rey
Playing dead-ball era style baseball in today's baseball may be charming but it isn't something that is going to equate into won/loss success. |
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Posted By: David Smith
Well, Mickey is much better than Joan |
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Posted By: warshawlaw
Hitting .300 is very hard to do. Hitting better than .300 every year over a long career is very impressive. I think he rates quite a bit better than most people make him out to be. Ichiro's 162 game average over the first five years of his career is: |
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Posted By: Dave Rey
G 147 AB 630 R 96 H 210 DB 32 TR 6 HR 7 RBI 60 SB 18 CS 7 BB 20 K 34 BA .333 OBA .353 SLG .437 |
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Posted By: Gilbert Maines
Suzuki is no leadoff hitter, his OBP is too low. But behind the right guy, he is a near perfect #2 batter: lefty - hits behind the runner, hits for average and stolen base threat. Only problem is his Ks are a little high. |
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