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Ichiro made a 99 loss team something you had to tune in to. It is almost unbelievable looking back that I watched as much that year as I did, but the hit race was so exciting. Like Rickey Henderson on the bad 82 Oakland team but more so.
RoY+MVP for the second time in history. Half of the teams only pair of 200 hit players in the same year. Before Ichiro A-Rod was the only player to have even cleared 200 in Seattle (twice in the 2-teens). Them Ichiro goes 10 years straight. (Dee, Segura and Cano have all cleared 200 hits in at least 1 previous year. Dream on that.) Star Wars. Spider Man...
I get the nostalgia tour. Just don't want it to mess with the parade.