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Originally Posted by Syd Thrift
On the plus side for Ichiro(!), speed guys tend to age well. And there's always that sense that we're not getting everything Ichiro can do. Since coming to the US, he's seemed to have turned himself into a pure slap hitter. He wasn't like that in Japan. Yes, I know a lot of players leave their power in Japan... but even so.
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I agree with this. I think we're going to see Ichiro reinvent himself as he begins to slow down some. He's not going to become some massive power hitter or anything, but he's definitely chosen a way to play and be successful and he's stuck with it. That's what I think makes him so great.
He's a Hall of Famer in my opinion.