Comments on: Oh, Ichiro, sometimes I feel like we don’t deserve you http://www.ussmariner.com/2009/06/01/oh-ichiro-sometimes-i-feel-like-we-dont-deserve-you/ Seattle Mariners blog and general baseball discussion Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:19:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: joser http://www.ussmariner.com/2009/06/01/oh-ichiro-sometimes-i-feel-like-we-dont-deserve-you/comment-page-1/#comment-331745 joser Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:27:55 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=8309#comment-331745 Since we're looking at videos, I always find the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvp-kuAX5Bg" rel="nofollow">Ichiro JASG pitching video</a> fascinating, both because he's so young and because his pitching mannerisms weirdly echo his batting "signature." <blockquote> In the lower part of the stat box they put his birthday, height, and weight. And whatever the hell the bottom says. </blockquote> Probably his blood type. That's really important in Japan. Since we’re looking at videos, I always find the Ichiro JASG pitching video fascinating, both because he’s so young and because his pitching mannerisms weirdly echo his batting “signature.”

In the lower part of the stat box they put his birthday, height, and weight. And whatever the hell the bottom says.

Probably his blood type. That’s really important in Japan.

]]> By: joser http://www.ussmariner.com/2009/06/01/oh-ichiro-sometimes-i-feel-like-we-dont-deserve-you/comment-page-1/#comment-331735 joser Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:07:55 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=8309#comment-331735 <blockquote> His streak of 100-run seasons is in serious jeopardy through no fault of his own. </blockquote> For that reason, I doubt he cares about it very much. Certainly not as much as he cares about his 200-hit seasons.

His streak of 100-run seasons is in serious jeopardy through no fault of his own.

For that reason, I doubt he cares about it very much. Certainly not as much as he cares about his 200-hit seasons.

]]> By: KaminaAyato http://www.ussmariner.com/2009/06/01/oh-ichiro-sometimes-i-feel-like-we-dont-deserve-you/comment-page-1/#comment-331717 KaminaAyato Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:13:09 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=8309#comment-331717 <blockquote>We could petition the league to allow us to bat the following lineup: Ichiro Branyan Ichiro Branyan Ichiro Branyan Ichiro Branyan Ichiro</blockquote> Um. How scary is it that for today's lineup it IS Ichiro followed by Branyan??!

We could petition the league to allow us to bat the following lineup:
Ichiro
Branyan
Ichiro
Branyan
Ichiro
Branyan
Ichiro
Branyan
Ichiro

Um. How scary is it that for today’s lineup it IS Ichiro followed by Branyan??!

]]> By: firova2 http://www.ussmariner.com/2009/06/01/oh-ichiro-sometimes-i-feel-like-we-dont-deserve-you/comment-page-1/#comment-331708 firova2 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:56:46 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=8309#comment-331708 Ichiro has driven himself in five times via the home run, so the mighty Caseys behind him have only sent him home 14 times all season. Incredible. His streak of 100-run seasons is in serious jeopardy through no fault of his own. Ichiro has driven himself in five times via the home run, so the mighty Caseys behind him have only sent him home 14 times all season. Incredible. His streak of 100-run seasons is in serious jeopardy through no fault of his own.

]]> By: msb http://www.ussmariner.com/2009/06/01/oh-ichiro-sometimes-i-feel-like-we-dont-deserve-you/comment-page-1/#comment-331683 msb Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:55:55 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=8309#comment-331683 <a href="http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/mariners/assets_c/2009/06/mari0530%20008-thumb-608x456-6086.jpg" rel="nofollow">and he's such a loner</a> and he’s such a loner

]]> By: henryv http://www.ussmariner.com/2009/06/01/oh-ichiro-sometimes-i-feel-like-we-dont-deserve-you/comment-page-1/#comment-331663 henryv Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:59:40 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=8309#comment-331663 Wow... Looking at those old Ichiro videos is great. He still does the exact same thing when he hits as he does now. Same swing before approaching, same stretch, and same point-and-shirt-pull. Hit stance has changed quite a bit, though. When the pitch comes in in 1996 he's actually standing on one foot well before the ball is released, and they're much further apart. But in the 1998 videos his stride has changed to be more similar to what it is now. Wow… Looking at those old Ichiro videos is great.

He still does the exact same thing when he hits as he does now. Same swing before approaching, same stretch, and same point-and-shirt-pull.

Hit stance has changed quite a bit, though. When the pitch comes in in 1996 he’s actually standing on one foot well before the ball is released, and they’re much further apart. But in the 1998 videos his stride has changed to be more similar to what it is now.

]]> By: henryv http://www.ussmariner.com/2009/06/01/oh-ichiro-sometimes-i-feel-like-we-dont-deserve-you/comment-page-1/#comment-331661 henryv Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:50:23 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=8309#comment-331661 <blockquote>Ichiro would have been 22 or 23 when that game happened.</blockquote> In fact, when they pop up Ichiro's stat box they show his number, name, and age (23) at the top of the stats box. In the lower part of the stat box they put his birthday, height, and weight. And whatever the hell the bottom says. That's really interesting to me that there isn't anything else there. No BA, no RBI, HR, etc. Plus, there is no conceivable way that Ichiro weighed 156 lbs there... Is there? I mean that guy doesn't look anything over 140.

Ichiro would have been 22 or 23 when that game happened.

In fact, when they pop up Ichiro’s stat box they show his number, name, and age (23) at the top of the stats box.

In the lower part of the stat box they put his birthday, height, and weight. And whatever the hell the bottom says.

That’s really interesting to me that there isn’t anything else there. No BA, no RBI, HR, etc.

Plus, there is no conceivable way that Ichiro weighed 156 lbs there… Is there? I mean that guy doesn’t look anything over 140.

]]> By: Evan http://www.ussmariner.com/2009/06/01/oh-ichiro-sometimes-i-feel-like-we-dont-deserve-you/comment-page-1/#comment-331660 Evan Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:44:32 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=8309#comment-331660 <blockquote>Batting against Nomo when he was.. what?.. 15 years old?</blockquote> Ichiro would have been 22 or 23 when that game happened.

Batting against Nomo when he was.. what?.. 15 years old?

Ichiro would have been 22 or 23 when that game happened.

]]> By: georgmi http://www.ussmariner.com/2009/06/01/oh-ichiro-sometimes-i-feel-like-we-dont-deserve-you/comment-page-1/#comment-331654 georgmi Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:27:19 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=8309#comment-331654 (You'll note I didn't say "our two <i>best</i> hitters".) (You’ll note I didn’t say “our two best hitters”.)

]]> By: georgmi http://www.ussmariner.com/2009/06/01/oh-ichiro-sometimes-i-feel-like-we-dont-deserve-you/comment-page-1/#comment-331653 georgmi Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:56:20 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=8309#comment-331653 So it would not seem to require a rocket scientist to notice that maybe our two hitters should be separated by fewer than three outs, yes? So it would not seem to require a rocket scientist to notice that maybe our two hitters should be separated by fewer than three outs, yes?

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