Hideki Matsui streak likely done

[skipcareyisfat]

Re: Hideki Matsui streak likely done

Good one BTPH!!!!

[mr.miracle]

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Crosby has survived thus far in the majors because of his defense which is known to be very good and the fact that he can play all of the outfield positions. If he would get a chance to play everyday he might show some offense. George might have some trouble tracking down Sammy, there is an article on ESPN.com today about a reporter that went looking for him and she is still looking. He seems to have dropped of the face of the earth besides be occassionally spoted in some really hip Miami Beach night clubs that is. I think they should bring in Sosa. All he needs to do is cork some bats, hit the weight room and buy some roids and he could be back up and running in no time.

[mr.miracle]

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Apparently there is a national day of mourning in Japan. Over 4 million Japenese citizens called off sick from work because they are so broken up over Matsui missing a game. They believed that he was the only player who had a legitimate chance of breaking Cal Ripken world record of consecutive games played and are probably right because no sane person would ever try. Given the fact that Matsui would have needed to play another 5.5 years to reach 2632 the odds of that happening were pretty slim. The Japenese really have an obsession with that record given that Sachio Kinugasa held the world record at 2216 prior to Cal breaking it in 1996. If they go back and check Matsui's pee wee league streak and include that from when he was 6 years old and started playing I believe he would stand at 2387 right now. Almost made it to the all-time mark but then again, almost is only good enough in horse shoes and hand grenades.

[suave1477]

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Well I am glad people here can see my point about Crosby, he hs definite potential with the right opportunity.

[allstarsplus]

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Apparently there is a national day of mourning in Japan. Over 4 million Japenese citizens called off sick from work because they are so broken up over Matsui missing a game. They believed that he was the only player who had a legitimate chance of breaking Cal Ripken world record of consecutive games played and are probably right because no sane person would ever try. Given the fact that Matsui would have needed to play another 5.5 years to reach 2632 the odds of that happening were pretty slim. The Japenese really have an obsession with that record given that Sachio Kinugasa held the world record at 2216 prior to Cal breaking it in 1996.

Along the same lines, there is a link on the Japanese baseball forum on this too.

http://japanesebaseball.com/forum/thread.jsp?forum=33&thread=11664

Now it is totally hypothetical "if" Matsui made it to 2633 by combining his Major League experience in Japan and US, I guess it could be a World record, but would still be tough to compare to doing it just in the MLB. Cal is still the man!!!!

If you start combining Major league experience between Japan and the US then that puts to question in my mind that you can't have it both ways such as being a Rookie of the Year like Ichiro in the US after playing Major ball in Japan for several years.

[mr.miracle]

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That is a great point, accomplishing 2633 straight games no matter where done would certainly be quite a feat especially in light of the fact that the Japenese league plays a 132 game schedule if I am not mistaken. Based on playing 162 games it would take 16.25 years to break it as it is. It is very, very, very unlikely that this record will be approached again. A player that played all their games in Japan would need to play 20 consecutive years to reach the mark. As it was, how many people actually knew that someone in Japan had bested Gerhig's mark of 2131 previous to Ripken? Until Cal actually passed Gerhig's mark this was never even brought up. Although MLB flew Kinugasa over here when Cal broke his record of 2216, it still did not obviously carry near the weight of Gerhig's mark and it obviously should not have. While the rest of the world is catching up to the USA in many sports, the fact remains that we still by far and away have the very best pro leagues in Baseball, and Basketball.