Ichiro, Still Hilarious
Dave · February 20, 2008 at 8:29 pm · Filed Under Mariners
From Baker’s blog:
“If the other corner outfielders have too much speed and too much ability and try to do too much, it’s hard for me,” he said.
This isn’t quite “If I ever saw myself saying I’m excited going to Cleveland, I’d punch myself in the face, because I’m lying” good, but it’s close.
Bah. Us greasers have been folding the bottoms of our Levi’s up for 60 years.
Yes! I got myself a dark grey t-shirt that has ‘CCCP’ across the front in red that way.
Yeah, I should edit that I’n not even remotely 60. I speak of my forebearers.
Anywho, nice post Dave. Hope you’re feelin’ better.
The appliqués on jeans thing goes back at least as far as the B-52s’ song “Quiche Lorraine.” Now I’m going to pretend I didn’t know that or offer it up as fact in a public space.
Why do people want to wear clothes that say CCCP on them? Are they people who are nostalgic about the good old days of the Soviet Union, or are they people who don’t know what the letters stand for? I don’t get it.
It has very little to do with idolising the Soviet Union itself I’m sure. It’s the same reason why millions of people all over the world walk around in NYY caps without ever having watched a game of baseball. If they knew the true horror of the evil empire they wouldn’t be donning its logos.
I can’t speak for all people but as a cold war veteran, USN 1983-1988, I wear a Soviet era foul weather hat complete with the hammer and sickle when I snowboard. I received this from a Soviet Sailor in exchange for one of my “Dixie Cup” hats. I don’t wear it to honor the Soviet Union but to honor my former adversary.
Ichiro is amazing. How is he a superstar? How does he hit home runs? The guy is skinnier than me, and I’m pretty skinny.
Usually teams have one scrubby guy. We have The Igniter. The local hero. People like him because he looks like them, he doesn’t have the physical talent to be a superstar, but he tries hard. Like if we tried hard, he could be us.
But we also have Ichiro, whose build is that of WillieBallgame’s, and yet he is one of the top players in the game. That’s why we all love him.
Why do people want to wear clothes that say CCCP on them? Are they people who are nostalgic about the good old days of the Soviet Union, or are they people who don’t know what the letters stand for? I don’t get it.
(Surely there must be other possible reasons than these two.)
To some people clothes that say such things as HAVANA SUGAR KINGS, WINSTON-SALEM WARTHOGS, and SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS (and CCCP)are cool.
Doesn’t the CCCP thing at least somewhat go back to joser’s idea about things being cool if they’re rare?
Ichiro is rare, and he’s cool.
Ichiro is defintely Joe Cool, but what can compare to the chic style embodied by Willie and his pink pony!
Pony, DAMMIT!
With those two plodders beside him–and the willingness of the Keystoners to yield–look for Ichiro to shatter the AL season record for putouts by an OF (512) and perhaps eclipse the MLB record (547).
(BTW, AL stands for American League; it’s not a nickname for Alfred, Albert, etc.)
milquetoast:
Actually, Will-Blo seems to be pretty bulked up, for not having a lot of height, relative to the average Major Leaguer. Ichiro is wiry-strong, but far from built.
Ichiro-related hilarity from ST:
“After Jose Vidro’s bat broke during batting practice and the barrel stuck into the ground near first base, it quickly became a target. Bench coach John McLaren urged Ichiro Suzuki to hit the barrel, and he nearly did it twice.”
Shit, that’s last year.
/hangs head, vows never to return