Comments on: Ichiro’s amazing string of 1-fors continues

By: stex52

stex52 — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:11:57 +0000

Sorry, Matt, but not the most interesting set of statistics you have put together. In the world of baseball stats, I rate this article as somewhere around Guiness Book of Records “Largest Ball of String in Iowa” quality.

And no slight intended to Iowa. I just needed to make an example.

By: samu0034

samu0034 — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:31:03 +0000

I looked from ’10-’12. Not ’09-’12.

By: samu0034

samu0034 — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:30:14 +0000

I’m far from a master of defensive metrics, but from ’09-’12, it’s pretty hard to argue that Ichiro is anything but a still outstanding outfielder. Maybe he’s not what he used to be, but (according to FanGraphs) he’s top 10 in UZR, UZR/150, TZL, and RZR. Defensive Runs Saved is really the only advanced metric that would describe Ichiro as even average over that time. Point being, I think he’s still pretty stellar in the field.

By: ireportyoudecide

ireportyoudecide — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 02:20:55 +0000

Out of 146 qualified hitters he ranks 137 in OPS, out of all MLB hitters and pitchers he is ranked #328 in offensive war with .1 for the season. Why is he starting again?

By: ireportyoudecide

ireportyoudecide — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 02:09:06 +0000

Take away the name and just look at his production the last 2 years. Terrible OBP%, SLG%, and an average outfielder. He shouldn’t be starting for anybody, let alone the Yankees.

By: yahmule

yahmule — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:10:23 +0000

It’s not easy to be in a hitting streak and a slump simultaneously.

By: nothanksimdriving123

nothanksimdriving123 — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:06:01 +0000

Bolt is the first man ever to not only defend his Oly 100 meters crown, but also break the Oly record both times.

By: bigharold

bigharold — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 23:20:27 +0000

At this rate he could well break DiMaggio’s 56 game streak and hit about .250 with an OBP of .275.

Nah, .. that couldn’t happen.

By: pisano

pisano — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 22:15:43 +0000

Good for Ichiro, but the Yankees got him five to six years too late, he was really special in his prime, but still a good outfielder.

By: proudlycanadian

proudlycanadian — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 21:06:48 +0000

I would like to thank Usain Bolt for making this afternoon incredible.

By: Matthew Pouliot

Matthew Pouliot — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:54:13 +0000

I’d like to thank Michael Saunders, for losing Ichiro’s double in the sun, for making this blog entry possible.