Ichiro 200? Sincerly concerned.

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He has to hit around .398? That's about double what I figured...





But I could be wrong. I may have hit a wrong button. They're so small. They're hard to see.




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He's averaging 1.28 hits per game. If he continues at this pace he gets 60 (47*1.28) more hits and finishes with 201.

yea i think my calculations may be off

201?!! That makes me feel a whole lot better!

I was thinking about this the other day. If he stays healthy he's going to make it.

He leads off and does not walk much so he gets lots of ABs. He'll soon be facing a lot of September call ups. His team is in contention but he won't have to worry about losing ABs to some rookie because he'll be one of the few bright spots fans have to root for.

My favorite player of all time is Ty Cobb so I'm not in a position to criticize anyone else for who they root for but Ichiro has demonstrated to his teammates and multiple coaching staffs that he is all about Ichiro and he won't let anything stop him from breaking the record for consecutive years with 200+ hits.

I won't deny your claim about Ichiro's intentions.
But could you imagine the difficulty of juggling both the expectations of a ball club and that of a nation?

My mother is Japanese so I get to see truely how much he means to his native country.

If your not aware, he is like Elvis, Michael Jackson, and Babe Ruth rolled up into one

He is the best athlete to ever come out of Japan, and in my opinion I feel that there is a "theme" of professionals, who are the best at what they do, that are extremly selfish, a bit egotistical, but have sacrificed much to establish themselves.