Ichiro

[dgo71]

Originally Posted by chaddurbin

ok ichiro is great. starting your mlb rookie year at age 27 and still get to 3000 hits is an incredible achievement....but japan baseball is equivalent to AAA baseball here. if a guy like wladimir balentien who can't hack it in the major can jack 60 dongs over there, i have a hard time being impressed by any milestone being achieved over there.

Exactly.

Tuffy Rhodes. Nuff said...if you don't know, Google his stats in MLB versus Japan. On the flip side, compare Kaz Matsui's stats in Japan to what he did once he came over here.

I don't even know if Triple-A is a fair comparison. While there are some great talents in Japanese baseball, the league in the overall is significantly weaker than MLB. You don't see star players going from the US to Japan, you see guys trying to hang onto a job. And with few exceptions, the players coming over from Japan do not have nearly the same success. Ichiro being the obvious exception.

[HRBAKER]

Of course Single A is professional baseball.

[FourStrikes]

LOVE Ichiro 3000k hits is 3000K MLB hits...

it's been a while, but...10 GG's is impressive as well.

would have LOVED to see him in MLB earlier, as his #'s would have
been even sicker as well!

lovi'n me some Ichiro!

[DaClyde]

Originally Posted by FourStrikes

LOVE Ichiro 3000k hits is 3000K MLB hits...

K is used for thousand. Technically wouldn't 3000K be 3,000,000?

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by DaClyde

K is used for thousand. Technically wouldn't 3000K be 3,000,000?

I think he's including Ichiro's Strat-o-Matic hits.