HOFer (inevitable) Ichiro Suzuki

[D-train]

He's the least PED tainted baseball player imaginable. Which I think is part of his popularity

Sure but none of the current guys really are. We are past that era. Imo its his mystique. And being their first Japanese position player.

And his quotes are off the hook:

https://www.azquotes.com/author/14337-Ichiro_Suzuki

[D-train]

Disregard what I said about PEDs. This was only ARods 3rd year on the ballot. I have read he might have taken them.

[Donn Beach]

Yeah I was speaking to that period. The chicks dig the long ball period. It was home run crazy. Along comes Ichiro who's basically antithetical to the whole thing. It was such a completely different approach to baseball and Ichiro was so confident in it. It was pretty mind blowing. And he wasn't just a flash in the pan. I have commented before, for me Ichiro is like window into the past. How baseball was played in the dead ball era. The objective wasn't to get on base or hit the ball over the fence, it was to put the ball in play. It's interesting too how Ichiro is a student of history

[D-train]

Yeah I was speaking to that period. The chicks dig the long ball period. It was home run crazy. Along comes Ichiro who's basically antithetical to the whole thing. It was such a completely different approach to baseball and Ichiro was so confident in it. It was pretty mind blowing. And he wasn't just a flash in the pan. I have commented before, for me Ichiro is like window into the past. How baseball was played in the dead ball era. The objective wasn't to get on base or hit the ball over the fence, it was to put the ball in play. It's interesting too how Ichiro is a student of history

Chicks who dig home runs aren't the ones who appeal to me. I think there's sexiness in infield hits because they require technique. I'd rather impress the chicks with my technique than with my brute strength. Then, every now and then, just to show I can do that, too, I might flirt a little by hitting one out.
Ichiro Suzuki

[Donn Beach]

Nice quote!: hadn't seen that before

[D-train]

Nice quote!: hadn't seen that before

https://www.azquotes.com/author/14337-Ichiro_Suzuki

[DavidGee24]

One thing about the 60 WAR argument on Ichiro is that he was just as good at 20 as he was at 27, hitting .385 in Japan. If he starts his career in the majors he's a 90-100 WAR player, easily.

[D-train]

One thing about the 60 WAR argument on Ichiro is that he was just as good at 20 as he was at 27, hitting .385 in Japan. If he starts his career in the majors he's a 90-100 WAR player, easily.

Same with Edgar beginning at age 21 and if we want to play the IF game then lets not have him get injured in BC place and he has an above average career defensively at 3B. 110 WAR easy.

[bpj]

From 2001 to 2011 the Mariners ranked 24th in Runs scored.

Just a shame that Ichiro's type of game doesn't lead to more runs because singles and stolen bases have such a low correlation to scoring.

He was pretty useless overall, especially when he was 20% of our payroll in the later years.

Would have made a great CF or 2B, but he never gave us an advantage while taking up a power position.

[D-train]

From 2001 to 2011 the Mariners ranked 24th in Runs scored.

Just a shame that Ichiro's type of game doesn't lead to more runs because singles and stolen bases have such a low correlation to scoring.

He was pretty useless overall, especially when he was 20% of our payroll in the later years.

Would have made a great CF or 2B, but he never gave us an advantage while taking up a power position.

Pretty bizarre that he was averse to playing CF given his speed. Maybe he thought his refusal to dive would be more obvious.....