Posted by: grc () on Sat Oct 2 06:30:40 2004

a perfect example, a perfect picture not requiring multiple frames to illustrate that ichiro is linear....go to http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/baseball/mlb/10/01/bc.bba.suzuki.hitsrecor.ap/index.html?cnn=yes....

and the point is not to take away anything from his record-breaking hit...fact is, he will eventually be in the hall of fame based on him being a great singles hitter, not a power hitter...and in general, power = rotation, high average = linear....