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That’s why he gets the exclamation point folks
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ICHIRO!
ICHIRO!
God bless Ichiro!
Is this a movie or a baseball game?!
ICHIRO!
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Can’t wait for post game quotes
“hai” (not sure if that’s how you spell it– but it’s “YES!!!” in japanese…)… man, could you feel that coming, when the count went 3-2… and ichiro had been missing out on all the fun so far this season…
i also loved the chants of ICHIRO ICHIRO ICHIRO in the background when the game went to commercial break for the new pitcher…
nicely done. welcome back. (and that’s 1/10th of his RBI total from last season on one swing of the bat!)
Oh my…. WHAT?!
It’s 9 games. NINE. And I’m jumping up and down, yelling and screaming. Today is like one of those days that you believe just can’t get better… and then does!
Chavez-Griffey Jr back-to-back…
Yuni going 3-4!
Johjima 2-2, going out (bummer), but Johnson with 2 more hits!
Ichiro! with the grand slam?!
And Gutierrez with the catch in center.
Dude.
Sure, it’s 9 games, but I haven’t been this excited about the M’s in years. And I don’t want it to stop.
sometimes he gets several exclamation points.
and he deserves more.
did you see Ichiro congratulate Gutierrez after that catch? I think I saw him mouth the words, “I’m so glad I’m back in right field.”
this was just PERFECT!
This is a ton of fun to watch! GO MARINERS!!!
Ichiro! makes the world a happier place.
Hurray! That game even looked good on the radio.
Who was the lucky bleeder who won $7,000 from the 7 Cedars (with their “7 in the 7th”).
how many season tickets did the M’s sell this season?
GREAT “opening” night for ICHIRO!
I woke up my girlfriend yelling DEEEEEEEEEP! on the granny…and with Chavez…and with Griff…
WHAT A NIGHT!
Not only have we won the series against the damn Angels, but how about the pitching (besides hopefully-soon-to-be-released-Bautista)?
I hate Wash, but he’s looked pretty damn good…and Kelly is awesome…
Great, great game…ahhhhhhh…
Hon to ni sugokatta!
Okaeri Ichiro, omedeto!
Truly awesome!
Welcome back Ichiro, congratulations!
Watching Ichiro in the post-game interview on FSN, taking questions from Angie Mentink in English, but responding in Japanese, after which his interpreter responds.
Of course, the interpreter doesn’t repeat the question in Japanese, he’s only there for responses.
Ahh that Ichiro, quite the clever one he is.
Awesome.
(Expletive) Dave Samson
Ichiro is the new black. What an incredible baseball player. We are so lucky that he is in Seattle. He’s ours. He’s so HOF. He’s so Ichiro.
Disneyland is not the happiest place on Earth. Seattle is.
The season that the Seahawks went to the Super Bowl it wasn’t immediately obvious. It wasn’t until about halfway through or so before people (fans, players, everyone) began to realize, “Hey, we’ve got something special here.” Winning on a bunt one night and homers the next. I’m not talking World Series but I think we could be watching something special unfolding here.
Sure does feel like that wabbles. You keep telling yourself it’s early (because it is VERY early), but we could very well be looking up at one point in June and saying to ourselves…it’s not early anymore, and we’re still in this thing.
IIIIICCCCHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Washburn!!!!!!!!
What?
I have to say, homeruns notwithstanding:
As an Irishman and a longtime cycling fan, I’m just tickled that Shawn Kelly is on the Mariner’s roster.
I don’t think this game could’ve gone any better.
And it couldn’t have happened against a nicer team.
イãƒãƒ!
Angelo Terranova of Port Angeles must effing LOVE Ichiro!
He gets the $7K from the Seven Cedars Casino. Good for you Angelo.
Ichiro sugoi des ne!
I woke up and turned on the game with Ichiro! at bat. I got to watch the whole AB. That was great!
okinawadave
Ditto, and I don’t even know what you posted.
okinawadave
Ditto, and I don’t even know what you posted.
I am sure I wasn’t alone in watching the count go full on Ichiro then knowing, knowing he was going to go yard.
Yes, I know its been just a week+ of baseball, but its the most fun I’ve had following this team in a long time. This game had it all: back to back HR’s, Griffey and Ichiro! going yard, tremendous defense, solid pitching, small ball.
This team is so markedly better all around than last year’s debacle its not even funny. Seeing the entire team contributing is so refreshing, not having to count on Ichiro for all offense will pay huge dividends later in the year.
SA, that’s ICHIRO! in Hiragana(Japanese).
ICHIRO! did his thing but still no love for Rob Johnson?
That was one hell of a hit. Johnson probably won the game before the slam even happened.
イãƒãƒ! = ICHIRO!
I could just here that inner Hiro from “Heroes” in Ichiro’s mind belt out “YATTA!”
This game is just another reason why I want to strangle those that say we should trade him.
That interview after the game with Angie Mentik was hilarious.
Angie Mentik: “What’s next, Pete Rose?”
Ichiro: You are bad at math.
Hahaha
WOW!! WHAT A GAME!! I just got home from the game…what a great night. I decided at about 6 o’clock to head up to Safeco, sure glad I did.
Washburn throwing a no-hitter into the 5th a believe. Not sure why Wak took him out so early…Anyway, the place went nuts after the back-to-back homers. Then the Ichiro slam topped off the Mariners victory. WOW! Makes me remember the great summer of ’01. I went to over 20 games that year. This team has something special about it. I could feel it at The Safe tonight.
I know it’s way way early but, so far it has been a fun ride. Wak has a great game plan with this team so far. Playing the way baseball is suppose to be played. He should get a lot of credit the way the team is playing.
Also just got back, was such a nice day, wish more people came out to the game. When Ichiro(!) came up, you knew something was going to happen. And then the grand slam to Area 51.. perfect.
Will they stop the game when he breaks the Japanese hits record (hopefully tomorrow)? I’d love to see that, as a sign of respect for the Japanese game.
We had to sit through them stopping the game for the fraud that was Rafael Palmeiro’s 3000th hit (when MLB knew he’d flunked the drug test). They damn well better stop it for Ichiro, not only out of respect for the Japanese game, but for Ichiro and the gentleman who travelled across the Pacific to gracefully watch Ichiro take his record away.
Actually, it’s katakana.
Could someone please remind me why a low-leverage grand slam is more valuable than a high-leverage sac bunt like the one Ichiro couldn’t get down a couple of innings before? I know that it is, but I’m in the middle of an argument and having difficulty explaining it.
Did you see how Ichiro destroyed the chemistry in the clubhouse last night?
I’ve never been a huge Washburn fan, but apparently last night he was dead sick with the flu. That was a pretty gutsy performance on his part, and he deserves a tip of the cap.
Beluga Tits can go do something unflattering and dishonorable.
Because players have no control over leverage. I think leverage should be ignored when evaluating players.
Managers, on the other hand, get to make in-game decisions based on the situation, so leverage should absolutely be considered when evaluating them (like which reliever was chosen in the high leverage situation).
But even using leverage to evaluate this instance, I suspect Ichiro’s rand slam had a higher Win Probability Added than the earlier sac bunt would have.
Sac bunts suck. Throwing away outs is no way to score runs. So you move a runner up, whoop-de-doo. You’ve reduced your chances of scoring in the process. HR, on the other hand, have a pretty high chance of scoring runs.
You think Ichiro! was trying to say something there? Maybe “hey, big guy, you may have 400 of those here, but I’m still the straw that stirs THIS drink”?
I would give Ichiro even more punctuation if he would stop trying to bunt in those situations, even when he’s trying to bunt for a hit. It just doesn’t make sense to me. If he were a shitty hitter, sure. But he’s Ichiro!
It is probable that the bunt was called by Wak….
Wow.
At the game last night way up in the 300s behind home plate and that was probably one of the most exciting I’ve been to.
The back to back homers with Griffey’s 400th was crazy!
The Gut (or should I say Goot? I’ll go with either) catch in center was so damn awesome! Griffey-esque indeed and it’s so nice to see that we now have a team, and specifically the outfield, that can make those kinds of plays.
And the Ichiro Grand Salami! My only regret was that I wasn’t able to hear the first Neihaus call of the year because I was too busy High-Fiving all of my friends and the two pairs of dads with their young sons at the game (Is there anything better than going to a game and for that brief span, befriending the people around you enough to revel in your team’s accomplishments??).
And my only complaint from the game is when we got back home and watched the Sports Center highlights and we were confused when they didn’t devote 7 minutes to all of the intricacies of the game and talk about how money we are.
TALK ABOUT IT!!
Ichiro bunting for a hit is so often successful, I have to approve of those.
A single is a really positive result. If he can double his chances of hitting a single by bunting, then I encourage bunting.
Clearly he can’t always do that. But I would like to see him bunt for hits more (though grand slams are nice too).
How many exclamation points will Ichiro get if he lives up to ESPN’s currently projected stats:
G: 154
AB’s: 770
AVG: .400
OBP: .400
Hits: 308
SB’s: 154
HR’s: 154
RBI: 616
SLG: 1.000
OPS: 1.400
SO/BB: 0
Ha! It’s early and I love what we are seeing!
How about … WASHBURN!
Er, maybe not.
ESPN has lost its mind. Ichiro has averaged 750 ABs per 162 game season over his MLB career; there’s no way he gets 20 more over 8 fewer games. He’s had 5465 AB in 1281 games, or 4.27 per game. ESPN is projecting 5 AB per game? No (and that’s largely outside of his control, since he only gets to bat more than 3 times in a game if the rest of the lineup is getting walks or hits). He’s going to have 660, 670 ABs. It’s possible he’ll bat .400 (it always seems possible with Ichiro) but he only has to bat .304 or so to get to 200 hits in 660 AB. (If he does hit .400 he very well could break Sisler’s hits record according to the old, 154 game season span).
In other Ichiro exclamation point news, Drayer reports:
Finally, proof! From the man himself!
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of Ichiro!