Ichiro goes for 3000

by Llewdor on Feb 10, 2008 1:02 PM PST

Ichiro had 1,278 hits in his career in Japan.

Ichiro has 1,592 hits so far in his MLB career.

That's 2,870 total hits.

As he approaches 3,000 hits, will the Mariners make a big deal about this? I can't imagine they'd let it pass without comment.

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One M's staffer's only job this season

will be to market Ichiro's Run At Baseball Immortality!

Look for the hit meter in RF (same place where Junior's counter to 400 HRs was).

by G_ on Feb 10, 2008 1:12 PM PST reply actions

I don't know how big of a deal they'll make

but it'll definitely be saluted. At the very least I'm sure they'll pause the game to celebrate the accomplishment, just like they did at Safeco when Viagra ShouldBeLivingInFearofRyanSandberg McSteroid reached his 3000th hit.

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by Katal LM on Feb 10, 2008 1:14 PM PST reply actions

I was at that game

It was a cool memory for about 3 weeks.

by Robert on Feb 10, 2008 1:49 PM PST up reply actions

It's weird seeing those moments live

I was at the Bonds' record-setting game (about 30 feet from where the ball landed) and it was amazing. I hate Bonds and I hate the Giants, but it's hard to not get wrapped up in the moment when something like that happens.

by jerryreeder on Feb 10, 2008 6:43 PM PST up reply actions

Not sure who Ryan Sandberg is.

Ryne Sandberg, on the other hand....

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by BrettJMiller on Feb 10, 2008 7:11 PM PST up reply actions

Same thing

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by Katal LM on Feb 10, 2008 8:23 PM PST up reply actions

I was at that game too

Fuck that game.

... though it was the one game I got to see in a suite. All the free food and drink was pretty cool.

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by Gomez on Feb 10, 2008 7:58 PM PST up reply actions

You suck

I was there with a group from my old (crappy) company in $7 bleacher seats, thinking "nothing can get worse than this"... Then we had 3,000 rubbed in our faces.

Fuck that game doesn't even begin to describe how worthless of an evening it was.

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." ~Rogers Hornsby

by thejew4u on Feb 11, 2008 1:03 PM PST up reply actions

I can't believe he has

that many already. Seems like yesterday he was ROTY.

They'll make a big deal of it, sure, but I think he'll need to get to 3,000 MLB hits for everyone to really notice.

by Bearskin Rugburn on Feb 10, 2008 1:40 PM PST reply actions

That shouldn't be a problem

if he continues his rate of 200+ hits a season, then he should reach it by his 40th birthday.

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by Katal LM on Feb 10, 2008 2:48 PM PST up reply actions

good god

to imagine if he had played his whole career in the US. he'd be a virtual shoe-in for the all time hit record.

by seattlebruin on Feb 10, 2008 2:10 PM PST reply actions

The naysayers will

sqwuak about the level difference of competition between Japan and the US. They'll completely ignore the fact that Ichiro has had no problem whatsoever with MLB and that if he had played here his whole career, he'd be pretty close to that mark anyway.

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by TIF @ Lookout Landing on Feb 10, 2008 2:20 PM PST reply actions

He'd have more

Due to the games played per season difference, Ichiro has only one 200 hit season in Japan, and is 7/7 here...

by Fett42 on Feb 10, 2008 3:24 PM PST up reply actions

Huh, you just noticed? :)

It's been a pretty big deal over here the last few months when people talk about Ichiro (and I could have sworn I'd mentioned it here before). The all-time Japanese hits leader is Isao Harimoto at 3085, so Ichiro has 215 to go for that. I assume he'll get it at the end of this year or the beginning of next. I hope the M's acknowledge that one, preferably by inviting Harimoto to Seattle.

Last night on TV I saw Ichiro working out taking some BP... with Kazuhiro Sasaki as his pitcher. Kazu was like "So, Ichiro, you're gonna get to 3000 this year, right?" "Yeah, I only need 130 hits for that. No problem." "How about that record of 8 years with 200 hits?" "Oh, yeah, I'll be trying for that too." "What about Harimoto's count?" "Harimoto is a great man and had less games per year than I did."

The same show also showed Fukudome taking BP with former Dragons pitcher Eiji Ochiai, who was making fun of his taste in music... and showed Yokohama's Yuuki Yoshimura hitting a baseball through ten paper boards (some kind of power challenge). Fun fun. I wish I wasn't so sick and tired of Sho Nakata, though.

by Deanna on Feb 10, 2008 7:31 PM PST reply actions

Have you watched Darvish much?

by Fett42 on Feb 10, 2008 7:48 PM PST up reply actions

You're joking, right?

I mean, being as I've only been a Fighters fan since several years before we even drafted Darvish...

And no, he's not being posted, that was a stupid article some idiot made up to try to stir waves.

by Deanna on Feb 10, 2008 8:57 PM PST up reply actions

I'll be happy for him

As long as nobody makes any references to a certain Bernie Mac movie. Then all will go blank with white hot rage until I find myself in the Nevada desert, holding a shovel and covered in blood.

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." ~Rogers Hornsby

by thejew4u on Feb 11, 2008 1:06 PM PST reply actions