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Ichiro Suzuki retired at the age of 45 after two games in Japan. With his combined NPB and MLB hits, he sits at 4,367. Suck it, Pete Rose.Ichiro posted:To tell the truth, I’m not excited to go to Cleveland, but we have to. If I ever saw myself saying I’m excited going to Cleveland, I’d punch myself in the face, because I’m lying. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H17AqrJ-1M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYAxk01E404  Post your fav Ichiro moments. Live in glory, you hitting obsessed man 
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You already got two of my favorites, but this is a classic: https://youtu.be/GtImIqR5neU loving love you Ichiro.
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Mar 21, 2019 16:01
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I have a foul ball from Ichiro, suck it nerds
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Mar 21, 2019 16:06
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IcePhoenix posted:I have a foul ball from Ichiro, suck it nerds Legit jealous, I just have a tossed ball from Mike Trout as my best game souvenir. 
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Mar 21, 2019 16:14
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Let it also be known that Ichiro does not know who the gently caress Tom Brady is.
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Mar 21, 2019 16:31
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I still want to hear his All Star Game rant. Can't call it a speech because it is full of swearing, so it's a rant., despite what this says: https://sports.yahoo.com/news/ichiros-speech-stars-revealed-162200184--mlb.html quote:"Bleep … bleep bleep bleep … National League … bleep … bleep … bleeeeeeeeep … National – bleep bleep bleepbleepbleep!
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Mar 21, 2019 16:39
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Ichiro knows exactly how hot it gets in Kansas City.
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Mar 21, 2019 16:39
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Does anyone still have the edit of this that added in a bunch of special effects and then cut to the world crumbling from 2012 (the movie)?
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Mar 21, 2019 16:56
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Found this on Twitter: Ichiro's first career MLB game (2001): Mariners beat A's, 5-4 Ichiro's final career MLB game (2019): Mariners beat A's, 5-4
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Mar 21, 2019 17:14
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the fact that he basically played a full career in Japan then came over to USA and played even longer is amazing. One of the best pure players on the planet, should be voted in with 100% of the vote first year. I think Ichiro and Edgar might be two of the most-cited players that a choice few HoF pitchers, Mariano included, have said they genuinely dreaded facing.
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Mar 21, 2019 17:33
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Some Numbers posted:Found this on Twitter: Ichiro is the Highlander confirmed.
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Mar 21, 2019 17:51
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Ichiro is the only likable baseball player
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Mar 21, 2019 19:01
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You should be able to watch this, but be careful. Someone starting chopping onions when it played for me. https://www.facebook.com/1029TheGame/videos/265956104307381/
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Mar 21, 2019 20:12
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One morning in spring training, 2017, he was in the coaches' room looking at his cell phone text messages. Ichiro told the coaches about one message he had just received from a number he didn't recognize. The guy said he'd gotten Ichiro's number from Alex Rodriguez, and that he wanted to come meet him and study his stretching system. "What's the guy's name?" asked one of the coaches. Ichiro strolled to the end of the text. "Some guy named Tom Brady. Who the \[expletive\] is Tom Brady?"
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Mar 22, 2019 00:30
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Agreed that Ichiro owns
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Mar 22, 2019 01:42
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I wonder if the Mariners are going to retire his number this season.
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Mar 22, 2019 02:02
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iospace posted:I wonder if the Mariners are going to retire his number this season. Probably after this year when they can get Randy and Ichiro both for a weekend
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Mar 22, 2019 02:06
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Ichiro fucks
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Mar 22, 2019 02:28
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I've got a compromise. Ichiro stays, retire the Mariners.
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Mar 22, 2019 02:34
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kensei posted:Probably after this year when they can get Randy and Ichiro both for a weekend I realize this might be unpopular to say but I don't understand the whole Randy Johnson thing. He's a great pitcher but he is in the HoF in a Diamondbacks hat, I think it's vaguely disrespectful to Ichiro to ask him to share that honor with someone who accomplished the bulk of their career achievements on other teams. (Full disclaimer: I became a Mariners fan in 2008 so I may not be getting something here, I'm mostly looking at stats) Popete posted:I've got a compromise. Ichiro stays, retire the Mariners. I like it.
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Mar 22, 2019 03:56
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When closer Kazuhiro Sasaki pitched for the Mariners, he stubbornly refused to don a dress as part of the team's annual rookie hazing ritual. That wasn't surprising. Sasaki rarely tried to immerse himself in anything this side of the Pacific other than the night life in Seattle's International District. Ichiro, however, gladly took part when his time came to be one of the guys by wearing a Hooters chick getup on the team flight (naturally, the orange shorts and tanktop are now folded neatly in his father's museum).
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Mar 22, 2019 04:16
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Reformed Pissboy posted:Does anyone still have the edit of this that added in a bunch of special effects and then cut to the world crumbling from 2012 (the movie)? It looks like it's been erased from youtube by either the fun-hating MLB or those bastards at Sony Pictures. Found these while searching for it, tho: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6XpIE_yN20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rrg6JGahPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xra-TIHd8as edit: found it on nico nico https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm8812545 uploaded to streamable for safe keeping https://streamable.com/ibvel Mr. Fix It fucked around with this message at 04:49 on Mar 22, 2019 |
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Mar 22, 2019 04:38
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This was really cool even though I was rooting for Cleveland and it broke Jose Ramirez for like a month: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFASwl1gTg4
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Mar 22, 2019 04:59
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Some sports fans would give anything to be there for an iconic moment in the teams they root for's history. I root for the Niners, Indians, Flames and Raptors. Try not to judge me too harshly for my team choices. And sure, being there for The Catch would have been awesome, or when Kenny Lofton decided to personally murder the Seattle Mariners in the ALCS, or when the Flames won the Cup, or when Vince Carter propelled himself to superstardom at the dunk contest in 2000. But no. I'd want to be there to watch Ichiro give one of his profanity laden pep talks before all star games. I also firmly believe that if he'd started in MLB at say, 21, he'd have Rose's record, or he'd be crazy close. His average hit total per season is 189, and at 6 extra MLB seasons, that'd put him at 4,223. He'd need 34 to break it, and I think he'd hang on with that knowledge. DLC Inc posted:the fact that he basically played a full career in Japan then came over to USA and played even longer is amazing. One of the best pure players on the planet, should be voted in with 100% of the vote first year. I think Ichiro and Edgar might be two of the most-cited players that a choice few HoF pitchers, Mariano included, have said they genuinely dreaded facing. I agree about him being a 100% first ballot guy, but you are dreaming if you don't think people will abstain with excuses like "no power", "selfish singles hitter" "my dad fought in WWII". El Gallinero Gros fucked around with this message at 05:41 on Mar 22, 2019 |
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Mar 22, 2019 05:39
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The older generation of baseball writers is the worst, but Edgar Martínez getting into the Hall, thanks in part to an influx of younger voters gives me hope. Hopefully a lot of those old fucks will retire in the next five years.
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Mar 22, 2019 05:44
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I also firmly believe that if he'd started in MLB at say, 21, he'd have Rose's record 
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Mar 22, 2019 05:47
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Mr. Fix It posted:It looks like it's been erased from youtube by either the fun-hating MLB or those bastards at Sony Pictures. Thanks man. I'm saving these too.
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Mar 22, 2019 05:48
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I also firmly believe that if he'd started in MLB at say, 21, he'd have Rose's record, or he'd be crazy close. His average hit total per season is 189, and at 6 extra MLB seasons, that'd put him at 4,223. He'd need 34 to break it, and I think he'd hang on with that knowledge. If anything you're being conservative, that 189 per season number includes nearly a full decade of Ichiro not really being good anymore. Barring injury six more years of 20-something Ichiro breaks Rose's record comfortably imo
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Mar 22, 2019 09:50
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Dutchy posted:If anything you're being conservative, that 189 per season number includes nearly a full decade of Ichiro not really being good anymore. Barring injury six more years of 20-something Ichiro breaks Rose's record comfortably imo An important part of this is the fact that NPB only played 130-135 games per season while he was there. He only broke 200 hits once in Japan (at age 20!) because of this short season length. His AVG in NPB was .353, and he hit .350 his first year in MLB. He averaged .331 his first decade in MLB. If he makes the majors by age 20-21 I think he pretty clearly beats Rose's record.
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Mar 22, 2019 20:05
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89 ASGs but only one inside-the-park home run. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiwO2BjcweU
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Mar 22, 2019 21:55
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kensei posted:You should be able to watch this, but be careful. Someone starting chopping onions when it played for me. Good lord, imagine being the guy who has to go make his MLB debut in right field after all that. Goodbye Ichiro. 
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Mar 22, 2019 23:04
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I propose we once and for all cede the "Hit King" nickname to that degenerate gambler and instead refer to Ichiro by the humble moniker "Hit Emperor"
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Mar 23, 2019 02:25
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Mr. Fix It posted:I propose we once and for all cede the "Hit King" nickname to that degenerate gambler and instead refer to Ichiro by the humble moniker "Hit Emperor" Seconded
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Mar 23, 2019 02:43
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two GOATS
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Mar 23, 2019 03:21
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Mr. Fix It posted:I propose we once and for all cede the "Hit King" nickname to that degenerate gambler and instead refer to Ichiro by the humble moniker "Hit Emperor"
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Mar 23, 2019 03:26
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Zogo posted:89 ASGs but only one inside-the-park home run. It is also neat that the right fielder who got messed up by the carom was Griffey.
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bawfuls posted:ok but next time I’m in Vegas I’m still gonna try to get Pete Rose to whore himself out for my amusement and sign “Ichiro is the one true Hit King” on a baseball Why not bring two baseballs and have him write that on one and "Ichiro is the one true Hit Emperor" on the other?
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Mar 23, 2019 04:40
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Mr. Fix It posted:Why not bring two baseballs and have him write that on one and "Ichiro is the one true Hit Emperor" on the other?
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Mr. Fix It posted:I propose we once and for all cede the "Hit King" nickname to that degenerate gambler and instead refer to Ichiro by the humble moniker "Hit Emperor" Give Ichiro both titles and give Pete nothing 
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This was from a N/V thread a while ago, thanks to ScottyJSno https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPB_o54oAGk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9ge1ydPkXk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jQlKmwsCUA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JU9-xma378
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