Ichiro ties MLB record of 8 consecutive 200-hit seasons

Thursday 18th September, 11:51 AM JST

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pointofview at 01:26 PM JST - 18th September

Amazing player... That record was over 100 years old. He`s so consistent.
Spidey at 02:18 PM JST - 18th September

The Brooklyn Superbras!? Oh...sorry...SuperBAS.

My bad

S

BTW...What the hell is a "bas?"
xpompey8 at 02:37 PM JST - 18th September

Win a world series and then he'll be a Super Hall of Famer!
some14some at 03:23 PM JST - 18th September

Statistically so insignificant that nobody ever thought of challenging it (107 years) except Ichiro. Congratulations !
jerseyboy at 08:11 PM JST - 18th September

My congrats to Ichiro, but as some14some says, this is not a major record in U.S. baseball. But, it was major enough that NHK devoted like 5 minutes of the 7:00 news to it. Which makes me laugh, because at least twice in the past six years or so, a couple of non-Japanese players had a good chance to break Oh's single season home un record, and pitchers were ordered NOT to pitch to them. What hypocracy. Great for a Japanese player to break MLB records, but, God forbid the reverse happens. Is the collective self-esteem that fragile here?
rjd_jr at 10:06 PM JST - 18th September

Congrats to Ichiro, don't let the haters rain on your parade!
lynny at 10:55 PM JST - 18th September

The guy is the best on the planet at grinding out hits. It's not easy to have 200 hits in ONE season, never mind EIGHT seasons in a row! Superb achievement! I'm betting he'll break it next season.
buddha4brains at 09:26 AM JST - 19th September

Will the Ichiro-haters fill me in on something. Do hits matter in baseball?

Perhaps the reason why no one has challenged it in 107 years is because it is not an easy record to break. I am sure Keeler's family is proud that their long-forgotten great-grandfather is now being remembered.

Now I do not really like Ichiro, but I can certainly respect the guy for knowing exactly what his talents are and exploiting them to his fullest - that defines a winner in my book. Too bad the Mariners can't do the same.
Altria at 10:06 AM JST - 19th September

People saying noone's bothered to 'challenge' the record - do you think batters go up to the plate and not try to get a hit each time?

Ichiro = Legend
nigelboy at 10:55 AM JST - 19th September

Statistically so insignificant that nobody ever thought of challenging it (107 years) except Ichiro

I have no idea what this means. Does this mean Joe Dimaggio's consecutive games hitting streak is insignificant because nobody ever thought of challenging it? As buddha4brains stated, "Does hits matter in baseball"?

Which makes me laugh, because at least twice in the past six years or so, a couple of non-Japanese players had a good chance to break Oh's single season home un record, and pitchers were ordered NOT to pitch to them. What hypocracy.

Sadaharu Oh is not Japanese. But keep hatin though.
freakashow at 11:38 AM JST - 19th September

Statistically so insignificant that nobody ever thought of challenging it (107 years) except Ichiro.

Does that also mean that Hack Wilson's 78 year-old single-season RBI record of 191 is insignificant too? Or how about Nap Lajoie's 107 year-old single-season batting average record (.426)? Then of course, there is Joe DiMaggio's 67 year-old 56 game hitting streak record. Or how about Cy Young's career wins record of 511, which has never been broken (he retired in 1911)?
barfly08 at 12:32 PM JST - 19th September

I agree, this is an extremely insignificant story. If Ichiro wants to really make headlines, he's going to have to make it to the World Series and produce on that stage. Fact is, Ichiro gets the vast majority of his hits at the end of the season when many teams are looking at young pitching talent for the next season. Ichiro is more of a "pile on" than a real leader. He has once again failed to lead the Mariners out of the bottom dredges of the AL West.
rjd_jr at 12:33 PM JST - 19th September

No need to try and argue sense into what jerseyboy posts. Obviously he's only doing it to rile feathers, that's all, deep down inside he knows Ichiro is a unique and talented baseball player no matter what country he comes from. Welcome back jerseyboy.
roomtemperature at 05:39 PM JST - 19th September

Great job, Ichiro! And congrats to you too, Jerseyboy. Again you managed to give a negative twist to a totally neutral story about something Japanese.
hamayamike at 09:03 AM JST - 21st September

Ichiro remains one of the true gentlemen of the game. I have followed his career on both sides of the Pacific since he was in High School. Yes, I lived in Nagoya at the time. He is one of the nest hitters in the game regardless of what the naysayers spout. You don't challenge records, you set or break them. Since Keeler nobody anywhere has come close.

If he played for a contender, chances are the heightened level would have spurred him on to an even better performance. This man is the real deal no matter how many anti-Ichiro comments are made. He will soon break another record, which is the total number of hits by a player in professional baseball in Japan. That record is about 3080 hits lifetime by Harimoto. Ichiro should break that one next year. His combined total in Japan and the US will surpass that.

Just for fun, Harimoto is Korean. Kaneda, one of the best pitchers in Japanese Baseball is Korean, and Sadaharu Oh, is Taiwanese. I agree that not pitching to people nearing Oh's record is not fair, but that is the choice they have made. They respect OH more that any man to ever play the game other than Nagashima.

Ichiro will score more than 100 runs again this year as well. That will also be 8 years in a row. Anyone who thinks that 8 years in a row of 100 runs or more and 200 hits or more, with a lifetime batting average over .330, just doesn't know the game of baseball!

Then we can look at the stolen bases and the golden gloves......... Allstar appearances.....