“It sounds like in Japan, they're trying to make me the Hit Queen,” Pete Rose said of Ichiro. Ichiro Suzuki is becoming the thorn in Pete Rose’s side. The Japanese star, who has put together a Hall of Fame career in MLB since leaving his homeland in 2001, currently has 2,977 hits in the majors to add to his 1,278 from the Nippon Pro League (NPL) for a grand total of 4,255. That leaves the ageless wonder just one hit shy Pete Rose’s MLB-record of 4,256. But that’s not how Rose sees it. “It sounds like in Japan, they're trying to make me the Hit Queen,” he told USA Today. “I'm not trying to take anything away from Ichiro, he's had a Hall of Fame career, but the next thing you know, they'll be counting his high school hits.” The Cincinnati Reds legend, who is not in the Hall of Fame for an entirely different reason, then put his money where his mouth is, saying that the MLB is far superior to baseball’s league in Japan. “I don't think you're going to find anybody with credibility saying that Japanese baseball is equivalent to Major League Baseball,” he said.

“There are too many guys that fail here, and then become household names there... It has something to do with the caliber of personnel.” Ichiro currently has 2,977 MLB hits and 1,278 from the Nippon Pro League. That leaves the ageless wonder just one behind Pete Rose’s record mark of 4,256. While baseball lovers in Japan have made Ichiro’s march towards Rose’s hit record a big deal, so much so that a national broadcasting network is covering all Marlins games now, in America it’s far less relevant of a sports storyline. That may have to do with the ongoing NBA finals, but it's not a big deal to Ichiro. "I would be happy if people covered it or wrote about it,’’ he said. "But I really would not care if it wasn’t a big deal. To be quite honest, I’m just going out and doing what I do. What I care about is my teammates and people close to me celebrating it together, that’s what’s most important to me.’’ His manager, and former New York Yankees star, Don Mattingly, finds his stats very impressive.

“It's hard to compare, but it's a lot of hits no matter how you slice it,” he said. “We've had a number of Japanese players come over and be really successful. To say it's minor league and major league numbers, that's not quite fair.” Ichiro, 42, was named the American League Rookie of the Year in 2001, has won two batting titles and recorded at least 200 hits in each of his first ten seasons. For Arizona Diamondbacks assistant hitting coach Mark Grace, those accolades, and Ichiro’s career in general, should be warranting more coverage.vitamix commercial blender model vm0100a “I cannot believe it’s not a bigger deal in Major League Baseball,” he said. replacement parts for oster blender 6843“Shame on us for not making a bigger deal out of it... waring pro 75th anniversary blender

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