Ichiro Deal Official

by Katal LM on Jul 13, 2007 12:59 PM PDT

There will be a press conference at 1:30.

Baker's blog and FoxSports.com both had the scoop.

Hooray. After the "Tejada/I-Rod have all but signed with the Seattle Mariners" debacles a few years ago, I was hesitant to get too excited about this. But now that it's official, I'm absolutely stoked. It's rare that Seattle gets to retain a superstar.

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Is the press conference on TV?

And thou said "Mix your pitches, thy holy Felix" and hallelujah we rejoice!

by Coach Owens on Jul 13, 2007 1:20 PM PDT reply actions

It wouldn't hurt to check FoxSports

but I haven't heard anything.

by Katal LM on Jul 13, 2007 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions

Great

being a terror on the base, creating runs, preventing runs, and creating wins are way overrated in these parts. I think we need homeruns and RBI's, not wins. What a terrible deal :p

by chrisisasavage on Jul 13, 2007 1:21 PM PDT reply actions

See this clown

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/john_donovan/07/13/contract.extensions/index.html

Ichiro not valuable because he doesn't have power

blah

--Dave

Addicted to Quack SBN's Oregon Ducks Blog

by David Piper on Jul 13, 2007 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions

I get SOOOO sick of these arugment

Ugggggh:

and this kind of money is usually reserved for the big bats or, in Jeter's case, a consistently good and versatile top-of-the-lineup hitter with a track record as a team leader. Ichiro is also on the wrong side of 30 -- he'll turn 34 in October.

Ichiro is >>> Jeter.

Also, (not that this article brings it up), I really wish people would quit quoting OPS or even OPS+ when they talk about his offensive value. I was toying with the numbers, and because of his high OBP, I remember looking, and OPS underrates him by ~.050-.090 points on any given year. That's freaking huge. That puts him up there with many of the top hitters, RATE wise, let alone accumulative. Anyone who denies that he's a top run-producer, well, under-values true run production. I really, really, really wish we could get away from OPS. It sucks.

by chrisisasavage on Jul 13, 2007 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Because

ichiro is not consistently good and versatile top-of-the-lineup hitter, and who gives a rats ass about "a track record as a team leader".

How many ways can you spell idiot?

by chrisisasavage on Jul 13, 2007 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions

Already posted on the website...

http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070713&content_id=2084095&vkey=news_s ea&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea

Also, FSN NW said, last night, they would carry whatever press conference there would be.

by ppl4life on Jul 13, 2007 1:27 PM PDT reply actions

FSN

I think they are playing it on FSN.

by maxthedrummer on Jul 13, 2007 1:30 PM PDT reply actions

komo radio reporting

5yr/ 90mil

by thenatural on Jul 13, 2007 1:33 PM PDT reply actions

Quite a discount.

by JI on Jul 13, 2007 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions

woohoo

is it bad that my first thought was, "awesome -- now I think I can go out and buy some Ichiro knicknacks as obligatory gifts for people when I arrive in Japan, and not worry about them being out of date"?

by Deanna on Jul 13, 2007 1:35 PM PDT reply actions

ichiro says he looks forward

to playing 10 more years when this next contract is up... awesome

by thenatural on Jul 13, 2007 1:42 PM PDT reply actions

"I'm going to do my best...

...to play 10 more years here after that."

by Graham MacAree on Jul 13, 2007 1:42 PM PDT reply actions

Ichiro's role model: Julio Franco

by Matthew on Jul 13, 2007 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions

FWIW, if Ichiro did manage to play until he

was like 46 he would have somewhere in the neighborhood of 7,000 hits or something.

by Matthew on Jul 13, 2007 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions

Thank you Seattle...

now do Classical Gas.

by J.W. Pezzino on Jul 13, 2007 1:55 PM PDT reply actions

18M per?

I am so happy.

by sammy on Jul 13, 2007 2:29 PM PDT reply actions

But the lady on FOX told us

that he loved San Francisco, could hit homeruns, and was going to bea free agent!!

by tworsandtwols on Jul 13, 2007 2:48 PM PDT reply actions

Awesome

I've been holding back on any premature joy on this one. Now I can finally say it -

Ichiro, from the bottom of my heart, welcome to Mariners immortality.

by coolguyrob on Jul 13, 2007 2:51 PM PDT reply actions

new ichi-ism

Hey long time reader, first time poster. I just had to put this quote up. Ichiro once again toying with the media.

When asked whose counsel he valued most during contract negotiations that began in January, he said, "Ikky, my dog."

"He said, 'Ruff, ruff, ruff,"' a smiling Suzuki said through an interpreter. "That means, 'Stay, stay, stay."'

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2935612

Refuse to Walk

by Ichi the Killer on Jul 13, 2007 5:47 PM PDT reply actions

I love that.

Him fucking with everyone in the media is great. He tells his interpreter to say the weirdest shit, and gets to read it the next day in the paper as if it was some guru's insightful comment.

by Faux on Jul 13, 2007 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions