Its truly amazing what this guy has done during his career. Now only 29 shy of 3000 at the young age of 42 years old. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/suzukic01.shtml
Great great bat control and discipline. If there were one hitter off the top of my head who was similiar in technique, Rod Carew. And....lol, to a much lesser degree, Matty Alou. This guy was a wizard....but of course not nearly as prolific. I've seen him intentionally draw in 3bmen with obvious bunt attempts and then flick the ball over their heads for a hit. I've never forgotten it....very impressive bat control and coordination. But yeah, Ichiro was absolutely fabulous when he was at his best.
Another thing about Ichiro, his personal style of often swinging and heading towards first base in one motion and being a very fast LH batter, he got alot of infield hits this way and plenty of dunkers and loopers....not a knock on him, just part of the whole package and his great bat control directing the ball towards open field. On a side note - Boggs and Gwynn, imo, hit the ball harder more often than Ichiro. It seemed as if Boggs' hits were "always" hard grounders or liners through the infield and of course those gappers for doubles. He wasn't fast and couldn't scratch out as many infield hits as a speedy guy would've. Also Gwynn. All were great non power hitters but I believe they could've hit a few more HRs if they chose to.
Honestly I think he would have shattered Rose's record had he started in career in the U.S. 10 straight 200 hit seasons is a feat that will NEVER be accomplished again.
with Gordon suspended Ichiro has been playing damn near every day, with a .333 batting avg, fkng A- incredible... a lifetime .993 fldg. pctg%... Gotta' say, I've not seen a better RF'er in his prime, than Clemente, and Ichiro is right close 1/2 step behind Roberto.... Not only an amazing 10 yr 200 hit stretch, those 262 hits, I will never see be broken in my lifetime.... 242 hits in his 1st US-MLB year, he blew everyone's mind....
So, which one wants to tell me exactly what Ichiro is tying Rose for? I'll accept an answer from any smartass who was anxious to insult me.
lol...if you can't read through the thread and determine for yourself what "record" of Rose's is being referenced, you're beyond help...this really shouldn't need explaining.
So we don't have to go through a never end thread of this that makes me want to bash my head against the wall. No, it has nothing to do with the MLB hits record that Rose holds. It's just total hits in ones professional career. In this case it's counting Ichiro's hits both in Japan and the United States.
...^^^ There for a moment, this seemed like a hard hat area, of a convo- my sentiments exactly, and thanks for the clarification Mess- for those who needed it...
