Ichiro Watch: 1,986 Hits, With 14 To Go To Reach 2,000 Hits September 4, 2009, Ichiro Career Hits: 1, 986 Ichiro Hits This Season: 191 When Ichiro reaches 2,000 career hits, he will be the first the first (and only) player to do so in the first nine years of his Major League [...]
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Ichiro Watch: 1,983 Hits, With 17 To Go To Reach 2,000 Hits
Ichiro Watch: 1,983 Hits, With 17 To Go To Reach 2,000 Hits Today, August 21, 2009, Ichiro registered one hit in five at-bats in Seattle’s 9-4 win in Cleveland. Ichiro Career Hits: 1, 983 Ichiro Hits This Season: 188 When Ichiro reaches 2,000 career hits, he will be the first the first (and only) player to [...]
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Ichiro Watch: 1,982 Hits, With 18 To Go To Reach 2,000 Hits Today, August 20, 2009, Ichiro registered one hit in four at-bats in Seattle’s 7-6 loss in Detroit in a rain-delayed game. Ichiro Career Hits: 1, 982 Ichiro Hits This Season: 182 When Ichiro reaches 2,000 career hits, he will be the first the first [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Nicole Bobek’s Life on Bail: Working In A Strip Mall
Nicole Bobek, the 1995 U.S. Figure Skating Champion, is now living in Jupiter, Florida with her mother, working in a store selling fancy soaps and trinkets to tourists. Jana, her mother, who was herself a figure skater in her native Czechoslovakia, owns the store, called Belle Maison. The store is in a strip mall in [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Ichiro Watch: 1,981 Hits, With 19 To Go To Reach 2,000 Hits
Ichiro Suzuki, by far the most successful and most popular Japanese player in the Major Leagues, is inching closer to a record-setting 2,000 Major League career hits. With his output in the Mariners win over Detroit ( Aug. 18, 2009), Ichiro needs only 19 more hits to become the first player Major League Baseball’s 133-year [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Nicole Bobek Jail Photo-New Costume Is Jailhouse Green
Nicole Bobek, former figure-skating champion, is shown below in a video hookup from jail as she is charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetine. Bobek is spending time in the Hudson County jail.
Read the rest of this entry »Michael Vick No Longer Grounded; Will Fly With Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles took a big gamble on August 13, 2009, with the signing of convicted felon and ex-con Michael Vick to a two-year contract to play professional football again. The Eagles are taking a big chance on giving Vick a second chance. Undoubtedly some fans will swear off any team that signs him; appalled [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Yankees’ Cabrera Hits for the Cycle
Melky Cabrera became the 15th Yankees player and first Yank in 14 years to hit for the cycle. His hitting led New York to an 8-5 victory over the White Sox in Chicago yesterday, August 2, 2009. A cycle in baseball means that a hitter, in this case Melky Cabrera, hits safely four times in the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Buehrle Perfect Game is Latest in Long Line of White Sox No-Hitters and Perfect Games
Mark Buehrle has had a good week. First, he gets to play in the All-Star Game. Then, he gets to shake hands with President Obama, the White Sox Fan-In-Chief. Then, to top it off, he gets a phone call from the president today. Oh, and the reason for the phone call is pretty cool too: [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Sportshistory Deals Poker and Peter Eastgate into the Games
Two new pages added to the Historyguy Sportshistory section: A new page highlighting the world of professional poker playing, with emphasis on the World Series of Poker (WSOP); and a new biography page on the reigning WSOP Champion, Peter Eastgate. Go to: http://www.historyguy.com/sportshistory/poker.htm and http://www.historyguy.com/sportshistory/eastgate_peter.htm
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