August 16, 2004

Sports news

While eating lunch I was looking at the baseball league leaders in hitting and pitching, and I noticed that Ichiro has 181 185 hits this season (including Sunday's game). On August 15? So what's the record for hits in a season? 257, by George Sisler in 1920. If Ichiro stays healthy for the next six weeks, I'd say he's got a shot at it. Not much of a shot, maybe, but still a shot. Seattle's played 117 games through today, which means it has 45 games left. Ichiro needs 72 hits to tie and 73 to break the record, or 1.7 hits per game. It's unlikely, but not impossible, particularly since he's a leadoff hitter and nearly guaranteed to get five at-bats every game. Go get 'em, Ichiro!

Oh, and if you want to wander around an Olympics website, here's the official one. If you're a transportation freak, take a look at that section of the site; it has maps of the system.

Posted by Linkmeister at August 16, 2004 12:04 PM
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