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Baseball Primer Newsblog — The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Saturday, January 20, 2018A Newly Discovered Wasp Is Named After the True Hit King IchiroThe newly crowned Diolcogaster ichiroi had been sitting in relative anonymity in the Canadian National Collection of Insects, which contains over 17 million specimens. The specimen was collected about 30 miles from Lake Okeechobee and 145 miles from Marlins Park where last Ichiro played. From entomologist Jose Fernandez-Triana’s scientific paper officially naming the wasp: “At the time the research for this paper was being conducted, Ichiro was still playing for a Florida team and thus naming a species endemic from Florida after him made complete sense. Unfortunately, the new owners of the Miami Marlins did not keep Ichiro, an unpopular decision not liked by many Marlins fans.” Fernandez-Triana said there are 3,000 undescribed species of wasps in the family he studies at the Canadian National Collection of Insects alone (though it should be noted this is smaller than Ichiro’s 4,358 hits playing professional baseball).
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1. Howie Menckel Posted: January 21, 2018 at 11:14 AM (#5610378)I wonder if it would be as big a deal if Pete Rose, instead of being reviled, was revered?
Should be popular among those amused by trolling Pete Rose, who appears to be a bit sensitive about such matters. Going to take some effort - I don't think Pete reads much entomology news - but I'm in!
I bunt like the Beast(?)
Blackie Lawless could strike out Ichiro if he wanted.
Ryne Duren's nephew has long claimed he had a minor league stint with the Reds, but BBRef doesn't agree.
Did anybody ever pay Pete enough to play in a celeb/charity softball game?
So did Carlos May. Ant May.
MLB Hits: Rose: 4256 Ichiro: 3080
Japanese: Rose: 0 Ichiro: 1278
Minor league: Rose: 301 Ichiro: 0
ML Playoffs: Rose: 86 Ichiro: 27
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Totals: Rose: 4643 Ichiro: 4385
So by that measure - pro hits plus playoffs - Ichiro is still nearly 300 hits shy. If he goes back to Japan for 2 or 3 years he will probably reach Rose for most pro hits.
As noted above, Ichiro also has -
Japanese minor league hits - 156
Japanese postseason hits - 10
WBC hits - 24
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