― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 17 September 2004 12:40 (twenty years ago) link
maybe i should be posting this in the barry vs. ichiro thread...
― the leglo (the leglo), Friday, 17 September 2004 12:43 (twenty years ago) link
― alfalfa romeo (natepatrin), Friday, 17 September 2004 16:39 (twenty years ago) link
― alfalfa romeo (natepatrin), Friday, 17 September 2004 16:42 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 17 September 2004 17:50 (twenty years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 17 September 2004 18:11 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 17 September 2004 18:16 (twenty years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Friday, 17 September 2004 18:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Friday, 17 September 2004 18:56 (twenty years ago) link
― alfalfa romeo (natepatrin), Friday, 17 September 2004 19:00 (twenty years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 03:40 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 17:19 (twenty years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 21:20 (twenty years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 21:21 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 21:50 (twenty years ago) link
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― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 21:55 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 22:00 (twenty years ago) link
― John (jdahlem), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 22:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 22:36 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 22:45 (twenty years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 22:47 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 22:49 (twenty years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 23:09 (twenty years ago) link
oh and to paraphrase gygax up yonder, Raul Ibanez is 6 for 6, wtf
― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 23 September 2004 04:01 (twenty years ago) link
ten games to go...
― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 23 September 2004 04:42 (twenty years ago) link
Incredible.
― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Saturday, 2 October 2004 01:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Saturday, 2 October 2004 01:52 (nineteen years ago) link
he's 30 - i can't help but wonder how long he'll be keeping this up.
― John (jdahlem), Saturday, 2 October 2004 02:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 2 October 2004 02:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Saturday, 2 October 2004 02:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Saturday, 2 October 2004 05:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Saturday, 2 October 2004 06:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Saturday, 2 October 2004 13:44 (nineteen years ago) link
what's most interesting to me at the moment is that tippet implies ichiro's speed on the basepaths more than makes up for his many infield singles presumably failing to advance runners the traditional 2 bases. i don't know about that, but it would seem that basic run metrics like EQR, VORP, or RC might end up with a pretty accurate estimation of ichiro's worth after all. (he's also said to create a further unmeasured ~5 runs due to his DP/GB rate, so they may indeed undershoot his worth)
here's where he places among fellow ALers:
EQR 2ndEQA 10thVORP 4thRC 1stRC/27 7th
― John (jdahlem), Saturday, 2 October 2004 13:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― John (jdahlem), Saturday, 2 October 2004 13:51 (nineteen years ago) link
reading over this thread i saw my BP anti-ichiro question, and while i can't answer it this http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=3518 is a free roundtable discussion they posted today
joe sheehan prepares to set the tone but is quickly taken to task by mariners fan zumsteg and left pleading "gut feeling". we only get one "it's just cuz he hustles and ppl are suckers for that" comment and it might be sarcastic, tho i doubt it. there is a hilarious reply to sheehan's drivel here http://ussmariner.com/index.php?p=1939
(sheehan does have a couple seeds for thought desperately trying to bud amidst all the bullshit but the unchecked acrimoniousness of that retort made me lol) (although that was probably because i inititally thought it was derek zumsteg himself, taking the gloves off after some kind of split!)
― John (jdahlem), Saturday, 2 October 2004 15:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Saturday, 2 October 2004 15:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Saturday, 2 October 2004 16:01 (nineteen years ago) link
i was mistaken above, ichiro's in a tie for 2nd in AL VORP.
― John (jdahlem), Saturday, 2 October 2004 16:11 (nineteen years ago) link
And I am curious, like Sheehan, to see if he can hit .420+ in several different months next year.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 4 October 2004 12:37 (nineteen years ago) link
Jul 31: Ichiro belted a pair of home runs in the Mariners' 3-2 win over the Cleveland Indians Saturday, breaking Paul Waner's 75-year-old record for most hits in his first five major league seasons. He now has 1,059 career hits with 49 games still left on the schedule.
It took Waner 747 games to amass 1,057 hits from 1926-30. Ichiro has played in 737 big league contests to date.
based on his career averages, it seems like he should have broken that record about a month ago. what's going on this year?
― the leglo (the leglo), Friday, 5 August 2005 12:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― the leglo (the leglo), Friday, 5 August 2005 12:38 (nineteen years ago) link
Also, after last year, ANYTHING'S gonna be a disappointment!
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 5 August 2005 12:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 5 August 2005 13:57 (nineteen years ago) link
Outlier anyone? Check today's Hardball Times for a great article on Ichiro's regression.
He has definitely lost a step or two speedwise. He flubbed a flyball yesterday, not too different from the one that got away last week.
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 15:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 16:21 (nineteen years ago) link
His range on the flub (scored a single) looked feeble, like there was no doubt that a ball in semi-shallow right was a potential out (the A's fans were particularly shocked at the miscue). Ichiro got a bad jump, and the play was bookended by a particularly ungraceful finish (he inadvertantly kicked the ball into the infield after the flub).
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 16:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 16:40 (nineteen years ago) link