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Originally Posted by bk400
It makes me appreciate even more what Hank Aaron achieved. Even though he's carved into the Mount Rushmore of baseball, I think he's probably underrated. Along the same lines, I suspect that the achievements of the lithe Ichiro (with his custom-made flexibility machines) will look even more impressive in hindsight. I was reading somewhere that the guy throws in the upper 80s right now, as a 50 year old.
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And recall that Ichiro already had played in Japan for NINE years when he started in Seattle. That's 28 total seasons, one more than Nolan. OK the last one doesn't really count but still.
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