Comments on: Ichiro, Still Hilarious

By: Slippery Elmer

Slippery Elmer — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:40:42 +0000

Shit, that’s last year.

/hangs head, vows never to return

By: Slippery Elmer

Slippery Elmer — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:39:43 +0000

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."

By: Slippery Elmer

Slippery Elmer — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:38:12 +0000

milquetoast:

But we also have Ichiro, whose build is that of WillieBallgame’s

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.

By: John D.

John D. — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:39:20 +0000

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.)

By: gwangung

gwangung — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:07:32 +0000

Pony, DAMMIT!

By: mln

mln — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:52:51 +0000

Ichiro is defintely Joe Cool, but what can compare to the chic style embodied by Willie and his pink pony!

By: Mr. Egaas

Mr. Egaas — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:34:41 +0000

Ichiro is rare, and he’s cool.

By: jlc

jlc — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:16:31 +0000

Doesn’t the CCCP thing at least somewhat go back to joser’s idea about things being cool if they’re rare?

By: John D.

John D. — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:58:57 +0000

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.

By: milquetoast

milquetoast — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:56:13 +0000

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.