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"If you're wondering whether Hideki Matsui would be a good fit in Seattle as the DH next year, he would. (While the Mariners play in a pitcher's park, the ball does fly out to right fairly well). Except for one thing. He and Ichiro aren't exactly friends, and the problem may go all the way back to a possible breach of etiquette in high school. The two players had a game against each other in high school. In Japan teams frequently take communal baths after games, and because Matsui's team was the guest, his team went in first. But the first bath was supposed to be reserved for seniors, and when Ichiro, a senior, saw Matsui, a junior, in before him, he was upset. Matsui once said that a dozen years after the incident, when both had reached the majors, the two were guests on a TV show, and Ichiro demanded to know why he took the first bath."
I love Ichiro so much.
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Ichiro is too awesome to be a human being.
Maybe he’s God disguised as Ichiro.
Career Safeco Record: 7-2
by .Taylor on Aug 27, 2009 10:46 AM PDT reply actions
Do you keep a drawer of these things, or are they all spontaneous creations?
Career Safeco Record: 7-2
by .Taylor on Aug 27, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
What's with the lion with heterochromia?
Fans are typically idiots.
by The Typical Idiot Fan on Aug 27, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Ethereally awesome
Explains the sleeve-tug ritual too
by lemonverbena on Aug 27, 2009 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
So, Branyan then.
Awaiting the day I catch a Russell Branyan foul ball. I will make love to it.
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997
Thome wears the deep dish model cup.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Aug 28, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Griffey has FUPA.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Aug 28, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Disrespecting elders = BIG DEAL in Japan
Or maybe Ichiro is just mad that he was forced to see Matsui naked.
"Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and answer to, all of life's problems."
-- Homer Simpson
I wonder if Matsui's junk is pockmarked too.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Aug 28, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I really don't.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I'd love to see it happen, to see that interaction.
And because Matsui would probably be a good short-term DH
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A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.
I've heard this story before.
Ichiro dislikes Matsui for being a self-important jerk. Basically, Ichiro thinks Matsui is the player Carlos Silva thinks Ichiro is – except Ichiro’s right.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
I've heard Yankee fans say that Ichiro and Matsui don't get along.
by svart aske on Aug 27, 2009 9:17 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
It's the aforementioned clip about Matsui taking the first bath
Seems pretty good natured to me though, I think Matsui took it a bit too seriously.
Fuck Anaheim.
Paging Deanna...
WTF are they talking about…
by appleshampoo on Aug 27, 2009 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't need to see Ichiro and Matsui sitting naked on buckets, soaping themselves up.
angels fan in seattle
You're obviously not a true baseball fan.
Career Safeco Record: 7-2
by .Taylor on Aug 28, 2009 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Matsui's porn collection could improve clubhouse chemistry.
by hcoguy on Aug 28, 2009 9:45 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
You ever seen the stuff they call porn in Japan?
It’d be more likely to set off an Amber Alert and get the whole clubhouse arrested than help chemistry.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Sep 1, 2009 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Japan finally FINALLY officially banned rape video games.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 1, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions

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