Ichiro Suzuki get's his 200th hit this season to tie We Willy Keeler's record of 8 consecutive seasons with 200 hits or more. Ichiro could be called Mr. Mariner since his whole MLB career has been with the Mariners. If you include his Japanese stats with what he's done in MLB, he's over 3,000 hits. Ichiro is an exciting player. He get's a hit anyway shape or form. He's a very fast runner. He has a cannon of an arm throwing from right field. The way the Mariner's season has gone this year, even Ichiro has gone through some slumps but the man is so good that he can still hit .310+, get 200+ hits, steal 40 bases, and be the glorified leadoff hitter that any club in MLB would want on their roster. Ichiro is a legend already in MLB. Hope the man has many more successful years ahead of him hopefully with Seattle.
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Since there wasn't anything on TV tonight (just like every night), I dug out tape 1 of the Ken Burns series "Baseball" that was shown on PBS some years back. Wee Willy Keeler played for the Baltimore Orioles of the National League in the 1890's. The picture of him in the show was him looking to bunt and his quote was "hit it where they ain't". Ichiro tied Wee Willy's record of 8 straight seasons with 200 hits. The 1890's was the era of dirty baseball meaning lot's of intentional pain being inflicted during the game via spiking and rough house shit. It amazing that Wee Willy's record was nearly 110 years old. Baseball fans talk all the time about certain baseball records that will never be broken. While Ichiro has tied the record this year, next year he'll own that record with number 9. No doubt Wee Willy Keeler was fucking pest during his time and Ichiro is no different. Ichiro has the most unorthodox hitting style I've ever seen. Just have to watch the man 162 days a season to get the full spectrum of his abilities.
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