I said this in a comment a while back, but Ichiro will probably be the only Yankee I will have ever rooted for. But I am glad he’s moved on to somewhere else, where he can keep hitting and hopefully, eventually, make his ownership of the all-time hits record unambiguous.

And as I said elsewhere today: Pete Rose played in an era when starting pitchers were expected to go 7+ innings every night. Rose probably had at least 70+ at-bats per season against tiring starting pitchers whose Baker-esque managers saw no reason to lift. Because manhood.