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southofreality



Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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Location: Tokyo
PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:01 pm    Post subject: Don't like baseball? Ignore this thread. Reply with quote
Congrats to Ichiro! Today's performance in the All-Star game was beautiful.

Is there a better pure player in the MLB right now?

Shoot me down if you think I'm wrong.
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MrCAPiTUL



Joined: 06 Feb 2006
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Location: Taipei, Taiwan
PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Derek Jeter ranks pretty highly.
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seanmcginty



Joined: 27 Sep 2005
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ichiro is awesome. If anyone is going to hit .400 or break Dimaggio's hitting streak record it is going to be him.
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JaredW



Joined: 24 Aug 2005
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Location: teaching high school in Sacramento, CA, USA
PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Saw the game on TV. Ichiro is just awesome.

On a side note, I like threads like this, but why did my thread on Miss Japan winning the Miss Universe get deleted while this one is allowed to remain? Sad
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Mothy



Joined: 01 Feb 2007
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I missed the game since I've already got rid of my TV in preperation for my heading to Japan at the end of this month. Ichiro is awesome. He's one of those players you wish could stay young forever because once he's gone there will never be another like him. Being from Seattle and a life long Mariners fan might make me biased though.
Speaking of biased, although I can't bring up any stats to show Derek Jeter is lousy, since he's a Yankee I cannot acknowledge he possesses any talent whatsoever.
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southofreality



Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Jeter's solid. Definitely near the top...
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User N. Ame



Joined: 11 Dec 2006
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Location: Kanto
PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hey, another record for Ichiro - first inside the park homer in an AS game - ever! That's quite amazing when you think of how far more frequent inside homers were in the first part of the 1900's.

My Ichiro rookie card continues to grow in value...


Not to downplay his skill, I still think he's NOT the best player of all time. Somewhere in the bottom third of the top 15 players ever. But they guy ain't done yet, so he could easily emerge as the greatest of all time when he hangs up the shoes.
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Gordon



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
He certainly is a great player. Too bad he hasn't learned English yet, then he would be much more accepted by the fans outside of Seattle.

What channel was the all-star game on?
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User N. Ame



Joined: 11 Dec 2006
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Gordon wrote:
He certainly is a great player. Too bad he hasn't learned English yet, then he would be much more accepted by the fans outside of Seattle.


You mean the same fans outside of Seattle who overwhelmingly vote him into the All Star Game every year?

But I see your point, Gordon. There have been Japanese players who have put much more effort in learning the language. Hasagawa is a role model in this regard.

Ichiro is very much a savant. He has, since old enough to pick up a bat as a toddler, slept, ate, thought baseball. Nothing else matters to him (or more accurately, nothing else mattered to his father). It may be argued that his greatness as a player is, in part, due to this narrow-minded Zen focus on the game. If he actually took up serious hobbies, like studying English, it may diminish his focus on the game and weaken his abilities. In the end, I don't think it matters to him, his team or the game if he lacks PR skills and charm - his play speaks for itself.
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gaijin4life



Joined: 23 Sep 2006
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Location: Westside of the Eastside, Japan
PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
In class I call him `Ichiro-sama.` Im hoping to start a trend, but my students look a little confused. He is clearly deserving of `sama` status, he is at the very least in the same league as Beckham - or even in a league of his own ..

He is a dream player, - is there anything that guy cant do - in a baseball game (apart from speak English ..) But, really for someone with his talent and focus - he doesn`t need to speak English ! Very Happy
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