I-chi-ro!
Saturday, October 2nd, 2004
I’m really not a sports fan, and I know (and, to be honest, care) so little about baseball that, for the most part, the sport may as well not even exist for me.
However, when my brother - who lives in Seattle, loves sports, and has season tickets for the Seattle Mariners - pointed out Ichiro Suzuki to me, I did sit up and take notice. Ichiro is an über-cool Japanese guy who plays baseball more smoothly and suavely than I ever thought possible. With his pristine uniform and his aura of steely calm at the plate, he is the polar opposite of my (admittedly unfair) stereotype of the tobacco-chewing, crotch-grabbing, slightly beer-bellied baseball player.
I was just reading an article about Ichiro in the New York Times this morning (login: wrreaders). At the time the article was written, Ichiro was on the verge of breaking the record for the most hits in a season in major league baseball; the record of 257 hits was made by one George Sisler 84 years ago.
It seems that at last night’s Mariners game, the record was broken (I don’t know if my brother was in attendance - but I guess he’s probably kicking himself if he wasn’t). I was happy for Ichiro when I read that, but I was even more happy when I read how Ichiro handled the record-breaking moment:
"With fans still cheering, Suzuki ran to the first-base seats, bowed respectfully and then shook hands with Sisler’s 81-year-old daughter, Frances Sisler Drochelman, and other members of the Hall of Famer’s family."
"My father would have been delighted," Drochelman said later. "He would be so happy to know such a fine young man was doing so well."
Indeed. The guy’s got class.
Comments
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I was unfortunately not in attendance at the record-breaking game…I WILL however be in attendence for Sunday’s game which is in fact the final game of the season for the Seattle Mariner’s and I will undoubtedly see Ichiro get at least one more record "making" hit. Go M’s!
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Hey Jeb, have a good time at the game! I hope it’s not interrupted by a volcanic ash event… :-)
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If it is…he’ll know what to do!
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In respones to your thoughts on the new administration You guys have to get over your liberal idelogy, and see the world for what it is. You complain and bitch how bad the world and things are, your saying the same things your said in the sixties, you don’t change, you feel comfortable in blaming some one else if it be corporations or government its never right and never will be, If Kerry was president and had the same values and ideas of Bush you would all think it was great. Take responsibility, and stop thinking your problems will be solved or are the cause of some one else, when Clinton was getting blow jobs in the White House and did nothing unless it made him look good I didn’t hear any of you liberals bitching, you just need to bitch to make you feel good, like they say some times the gov and the corproations are just mommy and daddy, think about it.
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