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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 [...]
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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 »SF Pitcher Sanchez Throws First No-Hitter of 2009
Jonathan Sanchez, Giants, pitched the majors’ first no-hitter this season, recording a career-high 11 strikeouts in San Francisco’s 8-0 win over the San Diego Padres. Sanchez is a 26-year-old left-hander who returned to the rotation after a nearly three-week demotion to the bullpen, and he only got the call because 303-game winner Randy Johnson [...]
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