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Ichiro Watch: 1,988 Hits, With 12 To Go To Reach 2,000 Hits

Ichiro Watch: 1,988 Hits, With 12 To Go To Reach 2,000 Hits   September 5, 2009,  Ichiro had two hits in five at-bats in Seattle’s 6-3 loss in Oakland. Ichiro Career Hits:  1, 988 Ichiro Hits This Season:  193   When Ichiro reaches 2,000 career hits, he will be the first the first (and only) [...]

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Ichiro Watch: 1,986 Hits, With 14 To Go To Reach 2,000 Hits

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

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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