Yeah, and the Yankee's are in town tonight for a three game series. If he's in the lineup he should be able to get many hits against the Mariners. After all he used them all for batting practice.
I'll miss ichiro as a hard working seemingly genuine player. He was a rarity in today's MLB.
But as a player, he hasn't been "ichiro" for 3 years now. A superstar at the end of his career is never an easy riddle. Him going to the Yankees makes it hard to wish him the best for the future. But I'll do it all the same.
Thanks for a lot of amazing years on some terrible mariners teams. He (and we, the fans) deserved better.
Have his rookie card mint condition. No, not trying to sell it. Will miss that guy - agreed re comment about him being one of those rare quality players and sportsmen.
i think it made the situation easy for the M's they re-sign him for gobs of money and no production the fans are pissed, they releasea him the fans are pissed....he asked to be traded and they respected his wishes it's win win
he'll be a role player over there and hopefully be around long enough for his 3000 hits....
Very talented player for more than long enough to receive the praise of all in baseball. Never emerged as an icon connected with the fans. Never emerged as a leader in the clubhouse. He just went out and did his job on the field day after day. Best of luck to the man, he deserves to ba a part of a winning team.
Amen Kent. If they just had someone at the top that knew baseball instead of bullshit promotions. Their entire TV presentation is so minor league that it is just embarrassing. I expect they will be showcasing Milking Contest and Sadie Hawkins Day races any day now.
Ichiro gave it 10 good years but I think in the end the losses just weighed too heavily on a guy whose game was based on excellence. I think going to a winner will be a rush for a guy who has suffered more than a decade of Mariner bad decisions at the executive level. I doubt that he will end the season with a paltry .261 average.
To often when a marquee player gets to the end of his productive career teams and players make bad choices. We certainly seen some of those happen here as well as other places. I am really glad Ichiro is moving on it was time but I am more happy about the way that the two teams, Ichiro and the fans have handled this event it has been classy.
jesse
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