Ichiro began his MLB career at the age of 27 and finished his career with 3089 hits. Here’s how many hits these players collected after their age-27 season: Derek Jeter - 2457 Tony Gwynn - 2371 Cal Ripken Jr. - 2100 Rod Carew - 2208 Miguel Cabrera - 1954 Ichiro is in a category of his own.
My favorite Ichiro moment is when he walked off Mariano Rivera on the first pitch of the AB in '09, for his first MLB walkoff homerun! And it was a 2-run come from behind homerun with 2 outs!
Genuinely amazed that I've never heard about that Ichirio throw to Olerud. Another masterpiece by my favorite musician that's also a part time baseball content creator
my favorite Ichiro moment was his running catch to rob Albert Pujols of extra bases and preserving Jamie Moyer's 1-2-3 inning in the 2003 All Star Game
I can’t wait to see 51 retired in Seattle, especially given it wasn’t just worn by Ichiro but by Randy Johnson as well. It’ll look pretty damn good on that wall next to Jackie’s 42, the kid’s 24, and Edgar’s 11.
quibble: the long bar in イチロー follows the direction of the writing. if it's top to bottom, the bar goes downwards. (something something, extends the prior vowel, blah blah nerd shit) good vid i enjoy watching ichiro appreciation
Damn the biggest insecurities I had while making this video was accidently butchering the Japanese language either vebally or in writing. Noted. Thank you for turning this into a learning moment and I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
I thought it was pretty clear it was Omar Vizquel, who was accused of sexually assaulting a bat boy with autism before reaching a settlement out of court.
The funny part about Ichiro's 2001 MVP is that he wasn't even the best player on the Mariners that year and was barely a top-5 guy in the AL West. But the story was too cool, so he got it.
I saw him play in Albuquerque a while back against the Rockies in an exhibition game and he was a total asshole. He would not sign autographs. Fug him.
