Ichiro's HoF case should rest on his defense and baserunning. As I believe someone may have mentioned before on this very forum, as a hitter he wasn't even as good as Bobby Abreu. As a compiler he's not really noteworthy since he was in a minor league until his late 20's.
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"I pretty much popped everything cold turkey. We were doing steroids they wouldn't give to horses."
-- Tom House
"I was very fortunate to have a pitching coach by the name of Tom House...Tom, I really miss those days that we spent in the weight room and out on the field working together."
-- Nolan Ryan's HoF Induction Speech
Last edited by Jason Moyer; 02-01-2015 at 06:32 PM.
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