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Ichiro congratulated by 3,000-hit club members
- Updated: August 8, 2016
In honor of Ichiro Suzuki racking up his 3,000th career hit in the Marlins’ 10-7 win over the Rockies on Sunday, we asked other members of the 3,000-hit club — listed in order of career hits — to share their thoughts on Ichiro becoming the 30th member of their exclusive fraternity.
Pete Rose, 4,256 hits “Anybody who gets 3,000 hits is a great hitter. Ichiro is a tremendous hitter. What 3,000 hits does is automatically put him into the Hall of Fame, at least I think it should. He’s a great hitter with speed and a great arm. I have a lot of respect for him. I know how hard it is to get 3,000 hits. It’s nice to have a non-home run hitter get there again.”
Hank Aaron, 3,771 hits “I’ve been very impressed with his performance throughout his career. To get to 3,000 hits, few can say they have ever done it. We talk about 500 home runs other great milestones. But for him to get to 3,000 hits, it shows you how very consistent he’s been both in Japan and the United States.
“I was very happy to hear he plans to donate everything to the Hall of Fame. I believe there are only two guys who have done this [after a milestone moment], and that is myself and Tom Seaver. The next time he is here [in Atlanta], I’d like to come down, shake his hand and congratulate him.”
Derek Jeter, 3,465 hits “Congratulations to my friend and teammate, Ichiro, on joining the 3,000-hit club. I was fortunate to have both the pleasure of competing against him and the honor of playing alongside him. Baseball is more than a game to him, it is a craft, which he works at tirelessly with intense discipline. A true professional in every sense of the word, this is just another milestone in the legacy he is building as a baseball player.”
Paul Molitor, 3,319 hits “He plays to get hits. That’s what he thinks is the best way to help his team is to get as many hits as possible, and he’s done it very well. I have an incredible amount of respect for him. A 50-hit month is a rarity for a baseball player, and he did it three times [in 2004]. To come over here as late as he did, after playing all those years in Japan, and still be riding in on …
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