Comments on: Top 10 Stories of 2008 http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/01/top-10-stories-of-2008/ Baseball in Japan & Around the World Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:09:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Patrick http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/01/top-10-stories-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-3321 Patrick Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:42:10 +0000 http://www.npbtracker.com/?p=1344#comment-3321 Keep up the great work yourself. Actually I think that if he stays healthy, Ichiro getting 200 hits is one of the safest bets in baseball. Keep up the great work yourself.

Actually I think that if he stays healthy, Ichiro getting 200 hits is one of the safest bets in baseball.

]]> By: Michael Street http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/01/top-10-stories-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-3280 Michael Street Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:42:11 +0000 http://www.npbtracker.com/?p=1344#comment-3280 I stand corrected on Willie. Lou didn't turn the 200 H-100 R trick in consecutive years, but Willie did. If Ichiro can do it again next year--which he should, but it's far from a lock--he'll stand alone and we won't have to worry about splitting hairs like this :-) Keep up the great work, Patrick! I stand corrected on Willie. Lou didn’t turn the 200 H-100 R trick in consecutive years, but Willie did.

If Ichiro can do it again next year–which he should, but it’s far from a lock–he’ll stand alone and we won’t have to worry about splitting hairs like this :-)

Keep up the great work, Patrick!

]]> By: Patrick http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/01/top-10-stories-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-3277 Patrick Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:28:22 +0000 http://www.npbtracker.com/?p=1344#comment-3277 Keeler had a run of eight consecutive 200-hit seasons 1894-1901, according to <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/keelewi01.shtml" rel="nofollow">baseball-reference.com</a>. Good point about Taguchi. I left Iguchi off intentionally because he wasn't on the playoff roster. They'll still give him a ring though. Keeler had a run of eight consecutive 200-hit seasons 1894-1901, according to baseball-reference.com.

Good point about Taguchi. I left Iguchi off intentionally because he wasn’t on the playoff roster. They’ll still give him a ring though.

]]> By: Michael Street http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/01/top-10-stories-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-3270 Michael Street Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:50:06 +0000 http://www.npbtracker.com/?p=1344#comment-3270 Love your site, Patrick, but a few additions/corrections to the list: Ichiro also recorded his eighth straight season of 200 hits and 100 runs in 2008, something both Keeler and Lou Gehrig did, but neither of them did it in consecutive years. Ichiro, IMHO, is a lock for the first player to be in both the MLB and NPB Halls of Fame. Also, So Taguchi already has a WS ring from his time with the 2006 Cards. Both he and Tad Iguchi got rings with the 2008 Phillies, making them not only the only NPB vets to get WS rings, but also the only to get two (Iguchi got his first from the Chi Sox in 2005). Love your site, Patrick, but a few additions/corrections to the list:

Ichiro also recorded his eighth straight season of 200 hits and 100 runs in 2008, something both Keeler and Lou Gehrig did, but neither of them did it in consecutive years. Ichiro, IMHO, is a lock for the first player to be in both the MLB and NPB Halls of Fame.

Also, So Taguchi already has a WS ring from his time with the 2006 Cards. Both he and Tad Iguchi got rings with the 2008 Phillies, making them not only the only NPB vets to get WS rings, but also the only to get two (Iguchi got his first from the Chi Sox in 2005).

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