Ichiro is that good in CF

by arbeck77 on May 17, 2007 4:23 PM PDT

Okay I knew Ichiro was a gold glove caliber outfielder. And I understand that Safeco tends to inflate outfield statistics. But this is just insane. He's on a pace to set a record for putouts. Not to mention that all the fielding stats are going crazy for him:

http://detectovision.com/?p=1089

300 word Weird Fact:
Most polar bears are left-handed. Sticking to the topic of handedness, only a tiny handful of marine gastropods ("snails") are left-handed, while a much larger percentage of landsnais (gastropods which live on the land rather than in the sea) are left handed. Oddly enough, left-handed marine snails are much more common in the fossil record than at present.

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No, he's not that good

Ichiro isn't that good. You should release him. you really want Mike Cameron back.....yes, that's the ticket!

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by RBS @ Lookout Landing on May 17, 2007 4:27 PM PDT reply actions

I think that 300 char fact deserves its own diary!

by Slozbury Stouvre on May 17, 2007 4:39 PM PDT reply actions

um...

since when do snails have hands?

If you look around the table and you can't tell who the sucker is, and then you see Bill Bavasi, it's him.

by Rollo Tomasi on May 17, 2007 4:42 PM PDT reply actions

gastropod anatomy

I am a Geologest by education, and have even published. I work in an entirely different field now.

I'm Neil.

Beaver, Neil A., Jr., Larsen, Jeremy C., Newton, James B., Schulz, Carl, and McCollum, L. B., 2000, Results of undergraduate research on the early Middle Cambrian biostratigraphy of the Monola and Emigrant Formations, western Great Basin. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p.456.

Beaver, N.A., Jr., Boothe, B.S., Hoover, R.L., Koenig, M.C., Newton, J.B., McCollum, L. B., and Sundberg, F.A., 2001, Stratigraphy of the Middle Cambrian Susan Duster Limestone Member, Pioche Shale, eastern Nevada. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 3, p. 48.

Though mainly working with trilobits. I have had to set through a few Paleontology class. Here is a good web page to familiarize with the anatomy of gastropoda

http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Palaeofiles/Fossilgroups/gastropo/index_files/charact.html

Infact they can be "handed". Here is a simple run down on Cephalization

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalization.

Much like Ichiro who is right handed, he learned to bat left, becuase it suited his environment better. Gastropoda can change their handedness.

he he

by InSpokane on May 18, 2007 11:10 AM PDT reply actions