Congratulations, Ichiro!
Conor · September 17, 2008 at 8:15 pm · Filed Under Mariners
The man is a machine.
For the eighth-consecutive year, Ichiro has recorded 200+ hits. Ichiro has eight of the 11 200-hit seasons in Mariners’ history and tonight’s game brings him up to 1792 hits over his MLB career—268 more than the next closest player, Derek Jeter, over that span. You can even spot Jeter an extra year and Ichiro still comes out on top!
The milestone ties Ichiro with Wee Willie Keeler for most-consecutive 200-hit seasons and the only players to ever collect more in their career are Pete Rose with 10 and Ty Cobb with nine.
Congratulations, Ichiro!
excellent choice for a first entry, Conor.
Niehaus asked if he planned to ‘be a man possessed’ to break the record next year, and Ichiro (through Ken Barron) laughed and said something like ‘if I said yes, the fans would say, there are 11 games left, don’t be stupid thinking about next year’
Post game, Drayer asked Ichiro:
Ichiro’s response:
While talking, and during the translation, he was laughing and smirking the whole time. Love it.
Best first post ever.
Ichiro is incredible on the field and off.
Welcome to USS Mariner, Conor. Great first post. Congratulations Ichiro. You are an incredible baseball player. Your skill and your endurance are a tribute to your hard work. Thank you for your hard work.
Ichiro’s quote makes me want to gently caress my own face. In Cleveland.
Awesome first post, Conor! 🙂
Also, awesome accomplishment, Ichiro! It goes without saying that it’s been a very tough season for us fans as well…though again this year, you make our “labor of love” worth every minute. Thank you for all you do!
Ichiro’s a great player, sure, but I think he’s the greatest interview in baseball history. When’s volume two of his Wit and Wisdom coming out?
I’d still prefer a lead off hitter who takes a walk occasionally.
He’s got a career OBP of .377 and never been below .350 in any season. I think you’ll have to look elsewhere if you want to criticize Ichiro.
Ichiro helps make life worth living – not the only reason, mind you, but a strangely important one anyway.
Thanks, and congratulations, Ichiro!
— Your fan since ’94 in Kobe (who unknowingly, accidently saw probably your first public appearance as a rookie for Orix in ’92)
I was there to see it. The Kansas City fans gave him a standing-o. Good work Ich!
What are Ichiro’s chances of beating Rose’s decade?
I think it’ll be tough.
May Ichiro still be in Seattle when he ties Pete Rose with his 10th 200 hit season!
Wow, he snuck those last few hits in pretty quickly. I remember back when there were about 19 games left, Ichiro needed to average a hit a game to get to 200. And now he’s already there!
Ichiro is something else.
Sixteen hits during the last ten games.
Ah, a ray of sunshine in a dark season. Thank you, Ichiro!
Say what you will about Raul or WFB, Ichiro is the public face of this franchise as far as I’m concerned.
the Glory that is Gil Meche.
Now may he not fail to reach 100 runs.
Conor thought I’d let you know that you got some love from Aaron Gleeman.
That’s also partly to do with his underachieving teammates, also.
Welcome, Conor. Short and sweet to start out, and it couldn’t have been better.
Congrats to Ichiro. No doubt in my mind he’ll do it all again next year.
Let me just put out one more also. Is if two weren’t enough.
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