Ichiro WILL hit .400 this season

BowlMeOne · Mar 30, 2005

No doubt in my mind, if he stay's healthy he will surpass the .400 mark.

Journeyman · Mar 30, 2005

I almost posted the same thing last week...I agree he will hit close to .400 if not eclipsing the magic mark....

He may only have an OBP of .410 though lol

BowlMeOne · Mar 30, 2005

Just need a book to offer us some odds

Journeyman · Mar 30, 2005

I would like to see the line at .380 or higher...

.400 for obvious reason is unrealiztic even with the Shinjo Ninja

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Ichiro seen here with Barry Bonds, Bonds looks drunk:drink: and Ichiro looks like he's holding his breath :lolBIG:

D2bets · Mar 30, 2005

I'll take the U.400 this season for even money.

Rainbow · Mar 30, 2005

I'll lay 2-1 he doesnt hit 400.

SSI · Mar 30, 2005

does not walk nearly enough, if anyone hits .400 again, i think they will have slightly over 500 official AB mark.. i dont think with 630 official AB's that it will be done,,,

you guys remember when brett shot at it,, he was injured for a while and came back hot,, he was just over 502 official AB's, i think this is the way that it will have to be done, if ever it is done again...

Journeyman · Mar 30, 2005

I agree SSI...700 ABS won't get it done!

SSI · Mar 30, 2005

201 hits in 502 official AB's, with 100 walks, this gets it done, find a player that fits this profile,, give me your best guess...

Fishhead · Mar 30, 2005

Rainbow said:
I'll lay 2-1 he doesnt hit 400.

I will up the ante and lay 5-2.

:toast:

MathProf · Mar 30, 2005

I hope that he does challenge .400 - great for baseball!
He is surely the best singles-hitter ever and will retire one
day with the highest lifetime BA.

As a person, he is also a credit to his native country and
now to his "super-star" status.

SSI · Mar 30, 2005

no way he beats cobb's .367 or ruth's .363....

RPM · Mar 30, 2005

i dont see it happening, but i wonder what kind of odds a book would lay on that?

Journeyman · Mar 30, 2005

No chance he has the highest lifetime avg...

Even Babe the power hitter he was had a career .342 I believe...

Right now Ichiro sits at .339

SSI · Mar 30, 2005

your right jman, ruth didnt hit .363... cobb hit .367, who was next??

lostitall · Mar 30, 2005

People forget about the prolonged slumps in 02 and 03. This guy is good, but he can hang a .270 in any given month. Last year was about as perfect as I can see it getting for Ichiro.

I say he hits under .350, not that there's anything wrong with that.

SSI · Mar 30, 2005

i always thought gwynn might do it...

its going to take a guy -- getting hot and then getting injured and then coming back hot.. that sounds stupid but i remember -- that is what brett did..

Rainbow · Mar 30, 2005

I believe Ted Williams did it twice.

SSI · Mar 30, 2005

no one has done it since williams in 1941.. what a year, he didnt even win MVP that year, someone named dimaggio won it -- with a 56 game hit streak, what a year in baseball,, and then pearl harbor was bombed in the offseason..

lostitall · Mar 30, 2005

SSI said:
i always thought gwynn might do it...

its going to take a guy -- getting hot and then getting injured and then coming back hot.. that sounds stupid but i remember -- that is what brett did..

I thought Olerud had a shot in 92 (or was it 93?) He ended up around .365 after a horrible final 5 or 6 weeks. I'm pretty sure he was around .420 in JUNE!

Helton didn't miss by much a few years ago. I think he hit .350 on the road and well over .400 at home. I give him the best shot of any active player just beacause of Coors. He'd need everything to go right of course, and with his back I doubt it ever will.