Ichiro did not have a hit in today's game, making it only the 16th game the Mariners have played this season that did not feature a hit by Ichiro.  The M's have played 90 games, and Ichiro has hits in 74 of them.  That's just over 82%.

Over a full 162 season, that projects to 133 games.

Of course, Ichiro hasn't played in every game; he spent the first 8 games on the DL.  So he actually has hits in 74 games out of 82 - just over 90%.

Over the 154 games Ichiro has an opportunity to play, that projects to hits in 139 games.

The major-league record for games in a season with at least one hit is 135.  That record is shared by five players:

• Rogers Hornsby
• George Sisler
• Wade Boggs
• Derek Jeter
• Ichiro Suzuki

Okay, so Ichiro already has a piece of that record, but if he breaks it he'll be the first person to hold it alone since Rogers Hornsby did.

That's nifty.

More information is always good, right?

If you're a BPro member, Here you go.

If not, here's a fun (and possibly irrelevant) piece:

One of Phillipe Aumont's top comps: Chris Carpenter

One of Roy Halladay's top comps: Chris Carpenter

One of Brandon Webb's top comps: Roy Halladay

And here's a fun game.  In which order does the 2009 PECOTA rank these players, by projected VORP:

• Milton Bradley
• Adrian Beltre
• Dustin Pedroia
• Cristian Guzman
• Mike Cameron

Hint:  If you listed Cristian Guzman anywhere other than first, you're wrong.

Like this is news.

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Dustin McGowan's motion looks EXACTLY like Roy Halladay's motion.

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First of all, I just got back from an Iron Maiden concert, and it was brilliant.  Iron Maiden is always worth seeing (I've not seen them before, but they were good enough I'm willing to extrapolate).

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"In my 23 years, I have never ever seen anything like this. We saw it the other way in 2001. I mean, you have to ask yourself, 'How did the Mariners win 116 games that season with that roster, compared to this roster?' This is just as inexplicable the other way."
--Mariners president Chuck Armstrong

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is...

apparently the 1990 Seattle Mariners.

Steven Goldman's article at BP today finds teams from history that are more like some teams from this season, through the first 30 games.

Strange Relations

It's a BP Premium article.

The 1991 Seattle Mariners turn out to be the best comp for the 2008 Blue Jays, which strikes me as an indication of how valuable this comparison isn't, since the '91 M's were poised to improve around a solid core of young players, while the Jays... aren't.

2006 - He ressurects Frank Thomas's career at a low price.

2007 - He lets some team other than Oakland pay the new high price for Frank's talents, pocketing a draft pick in return.

2007 - He spends draft pick on Corey Brown, currently hitting .316/.404/.592 in the Midwest League.

2008 - He signs Frank to prorated league-minimum contract following his release.

2008 - He trades Frank to contender for prospects at deadline.

For the price of a low contract and part of a minimum contract over 3 years, Beane has managed to get 1+ years of solid DH production plus at least one prospect.

Playing in the AL West is getting embarrassing.

Jays at Rays, with Toronto's Jesse Litsch facing Tampa Bay's Carlos Pena, produced the following pitch sequence:

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The (admittedly quite convenient) pressing of 'C' to advance to the next unread comment doesn't work in any post where the comments are closed.

I first noticed this in the "all time roid leader" FanPost.

I'm not sure whom to tell about this, so I'm posting it here (and now I'm going on at length about that decision in order to hit 75 words - but it's not working).

There, that should do it.