Baseball Record Broken!!!

[Vampyr]

Wow, that was fast. I just watched this on TV a few minutes ago. My dad was like "you need to watch this, it's history." And so I did.

But when they showed the stats of ichiro against the last guy to have it, I was a little let down. Ichiro had A LOT more at bats than the other guy, and his batting average was a lot lower.

Also keep in mind that back when the other guy had the record the season was 8 games shorter.

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

Also keep in mind that back when the other guy had the record the season was 8 games shorter.

But on the channel im watching it showed the list of people with the hits, and all the people in the top 5 or so with hits for season, was back in the 20's and 30's, meaning Ichiro is god damn awesome. It has nothing to do with the amount of games, because look at the stats for top 5 or 10, the majority of the people on the list are from over 70 years ago.

But damn I love the Mariners.


Just a question, why is Ichiro's first name on the back of his jersey and not his last name? Like, in all the baseball games i have ever played with him in them, they say "Ichiro" not "Ichiro Suzuki"...If anyone knows, that would be awesome.


EDIT: Mariners are tied for most consecutive hits in team history.

[Fox 6]

well a lot of japanese people have Suzuki as a last name, so his manager decided to put his first name on so everyone would know who he is.

[Perfect Stu]

I thought this was gonna be about Adam Dunn, who recently set a new single season record for strikeouts. As a batter.