Thread: Will Ichiro get the * from Maris?
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Old 09-04-2004, 10:53 AM
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Default Will Ichiro get the * from Maris?
Posted By: Jason Smith

When McGwire passed Maris and then the movie "61" was made, I felt like it (rightfully) embarrassed the heck out of ever using an asterisk for any reasonable record. The Ichiro record would definitely be reasonable and no * would be needed. Using the asterisk seemed like just a way for the older people to hold on to Babe Ruth as long as they could.
Saying that, I'm not sure what record would be "unreasonable", but I guess I'm thinking along the lines of if someone was proven to be on steroids or something like that...
Jason

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