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What does /sp/ think of this Japanese manlet?
>>66054035
>play for the mariners
>win 116 games
>break all sorts of records
>win a shit ton of awards
>barely manage to beat the indians in the playoffs
>almost get swept by the yankees
what went wrong
>>66054256
its just baseball. i mean, just look at what the giants have done.
>lolichirosingles
One of the best hitters of all time.
Perhaps he will retire at the end of this season
>>66054035
GOAT
>>66054035
if he had started his career here instead of japan he would have broken the all-time hits record and people would stop bitching about pete rose as much
>>66054509
>this delusion
>>66054517
It's definitely possible
>>66054035
meme slap hitter with no plate discipline or ability to get on base
only reason he gets into the hall is because of fan's fascination with meaningless stats like hits instead of relevant stats like OBP
*tips sabermetric fedora*
>>66054517
dude he played 8 years in japan, basically his prime years, and he still has 3000 hits in the mlb. thats insane.
>>66054517
If you can't give the guy credit you must be on something. The sheer amount t of hits he accumulated in the amount of time he was here is crazy
>>66054818
>muh hits
best leadoff hitter since Rickey
>>66054035
it was funny seeing him pitch at the last game of the year
>>66054495
>implying
He was measured as the 5th fastest home to 1st time last year. At age 41.
In 2001 he was almost half a second faster, possibly one the fastest of all time.
>>66058242
>being the 5th fastest baserunner
that's like being the 5th tallest mexican
>>66058292
no, it's like being the 5th fastest from 1st to home
are you retarded or something?
>>66058292
at age 41?
here is everyone in the 2015 season versus his prime
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/just-how-quick-did-ichiro-used-to-get-down-the-line/
>>66058292
canadian sports """""""fans"""""""" ladies and gentlemen
>>66058301
>dat brown outlier dot
billy hamilton for sure
First ballot HOFer, no doubt
>>66058292
>that's like being the 5th tallest mexican
wouldn't expect anything else coming from a fucking leaf who just started watching baseball last season.
I'm sure he doesn't even know who ichiro is. fucking kek.
Well if he were able to bench press the 5th most of any base ball player, then that might be impressive. But baseball players aren't known for being fast, so what's the big deal? There's probably like 2 guys on an average team who can do a 100 m sprint in under 12 seconds.
>>66058435
you're still underestimating how many speedsters there are in baseball
>>66054035
An absolute beast of a player. One of the best hitters of the last 20 years.
>>66054256
Every time.
>>66054035
>1st Ballot HoFer
>The only man who could have conceivably broken Pete Rose's hits record
If he doesn't become a least hitting coach after he retires the league has failed immensely.
>>66061047
He will probably go back to Japan and be a manager
>>66058574
This is great. Every sports deep inside after a season of misery.
>>66054509
maybe, isn't his hit total including time spent in japan still a little shy of rose's total?
also they should just let rose in the hall of fame imo.
