Ichiro

[Peter_Spaeth]

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/ba...icle-1.2673313

[packs]

Picked this up last season. If Ichiro spends his retirement years in Japan I think he will become one of the more elusive HOFers to add to collections. He's already tough during his active career:

[Peter_Spaeth]

I remember noticing once that there are far far fewer of his rookie autographs than Pujols, was that by design, did he refuse to sign more than a limited number, or is there some other explanation?

[clydepepper]

While he is just now catching rose in career professional hits, he passed rose on the integrity list a LONG, LONG time ago.


- and rose would even sign that fact if you paid him.

[Tripredacus]

Its funny, I was looking it up last night and he was 1 hit away from Rose's pro total.

[HRBAKER]

[Econteachert205]

I'm a big Ichiro fan and even though it is an asterisk record, I still think it is deserving of a lot of celebration. Amazing accomplishment.

[dgo71]

Originally Posted by Tripredacus

Its funny, I was looking it up last night and he was 1 hit away from Rose's pro total.

He actually was one hit away from Rose's MLB total. Rose had another four or five hundred hits in the minors, which are technically "pro" hits. Ichiro is amazing, undeniably classier than Rose and a sure first ballot hall of famer, but he's not the MLB hit leader nor the pro hit leader.

[packs]

I know that hits in Japan are not hits in MLB but Rose should at least acknowledge that those hits in Japan came in their professional league. They didn't come in the minors or anything like that. Rose said something like, "What's next? Are they going to count his high school hits too?". That is such a stupid thing to say and really does show how lame he is.

[jhs5120]

Originally Posted by dgo71

He actually was one hit away from Rose's MLB total. Rose had another four or five hundred hits in the minors, which are technically "pro" hits. Ichiro is amazing, undeniably classier than Rose and a sure first ballot hall of famer, but he's not the MLB hit leader nor the pro hit leader.

Ichiro is still a couple hundred hits behind Pete Rose if we want to start counting minor league hits as "professional." Ichiro played two years in the minors as well.

In baseball terms, the "pros" is unanimously considered to exclude minor league play. Ichiro has the most hits of any baseball players at the highest level.

Plus, Pete Rose used a corked bat and was a known cheater, all his stats deserve an asterisk.

[Tripredacus]

Originally Posted by dgo71

He actually was one hit away from Rose's MLB total. Rose had another four or five hundred hits in the minors, which are technically "pro" hits. Ichiro is amazing, undeniably classier than Rose and a sure first ballot hall of famer, but he's not the MLB hit leader nor the pro hit leader.

You're right. I used the wrong qualifier.