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Ichiro is a first ballot HOFer in my mind without question, but the things that people say about him always puzzle me. Yeah he had 262 hits in 2004, but he still got on base less than Bobby Abreu and had an OPS 100 points lower. His case for being a better player than someone like Abreu was his defense and baserunning, not his hitting. Actually, Abreu stole 5 more stolen bases with 6 fewer times caught that year, so it's basically his defense that would make me rank him ahead.
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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; 07-27-2025 at 06:44 PM.
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