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From Caple's latest article

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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 H on Aug 27, 2009 10:46 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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

by zagreusmd on Aug 27, 2009 2:25 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I really don't.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Aug 29, 2009 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by BrettJMiller on Aug 27, 2009 3:14 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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.

by Llewdor on Aug 27, 2009 5:26 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Matsui would be nice but

might be a little pricey. I think Jack will at least kick the tires.

by houseofprime on Aug 27, 2009 6:47 PM PDT reply actions   0 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.

by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Aug 27, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Paging Deanna...

WTF are they talking about…

by appleshampoo on Aug 27, 2009 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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