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Saw some article that noted his BABIP wayyyyy down -- including BABIP on line drives down from 75% to 55% or somesuch.
Maybe Ichiro figures that the 43 Shinto authorities are the ones testing him ;- ) because he's got to be aware of all of the gloves he's hitting.
He does NOT look older to me, not at all, and earlier we offered 20:1 that this is not the age wall for him...
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On the trade deadline issue.... all things considered, this team has reacted well to new players brought in (from Tacoma).  
Because Stacy Keach has been fair about warning first, and then acting, the Cheney Carousel has provoked a benign Oakland A's "produce or be replaced" motivation.
Can't imagine that the players would be cool with transition to rookies, but would react badly to real firepower (e.g. Beltran) being brought in on their side of the battlefield.
It's a delicate assessment to be sure, but thus far the Z/Wedge combo has produced the needed buy-in... with the 600-lb gorilla Wedge at the helm, would imagine that this buy-in is going to be there for a few years at least...
Or not...