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Ichiro will soon have 3,000 hits, including his time in Japan Barring the unforeseen, Ichiro Suzuki will notch the 3,000th hit of his professional baseball career at some point during the Seattle Mariners’ seven-game road trip that begins today in Toronto. After a 1-for-6 performance in Wednesday’s 6-3 12-inning loss to the Boston Red Sox, Ichiro was just five hits shy of the magical milestone. Of course, much like Ichiro the player, his accumulation of 3,000 career hits will be unique considering he will have done it in two different professional leagues. During a nine-year career with the Orix Blue Wave of the Japanese professional league, Ichiro racked up 1,278 hits. It’s an impressive number, especially considering Japanese seasons are approximately 30 games shorter than Major League Baseball seasons and in his first two... [read full story]
