Cleveland wins NBA title. I think they deserve to win. To come back from 3-1 down and win 3 in a row with 2 of them on the road against a team that set the all time regular season wins, is tremendous. James and Irving were just great in the series. I don't think you can use Green's absence in game 5 as an excuse. Green played fantastic in game 7 and GS still lost. Nor can you use Bogut's injury or that Curry might not have been 100% since being injured against Houston as excuses. Cleveland didn't have Irving and Love last year! But one should not diminish the accomplishment of GS in the past 2 seasons. Seventy three win is still seventy three wins. Everybody tried to adjust to the Warriors' style and it will be interesting to see if GS will adjust and add more muscles in the lineup to rebound better against bigger teams such as OKC and of course, Cleveland.
Ichiro breaks Pete Rose's all time professional hit record. Rose has a legitimate point in that if they count Japanese stats then they should count Rose's minor league stats since minor leagues are also professional leagues. But I think it is fair to celebrate Ichiro's accomplishment. And I believe that Ichiro did not get this hit record because he spent 7 seasons in Japan but DESPITE spending 7 seasons in Japan. The first season Ichiro played in MLB, he was MVP. And he has been great since then till maybe the last 3 seasons. I think if he started in MLB, he would have been a great hitter in those 7 seasons of his professional career. Since the Japanese league plays almost 30 games less than MLB, it is reasonable to think that he would have had more hits during those first 7 seasons playing in MLB than in Japan. What is really amazing is that at age 42, he is hitting well over 300 right now! Is he the hit king? That is debatable. I am not sure Pete Rose is the hit king either. I mean Ty Cobb, whose hit records Rose beat, had a way higher batting average than Rose. They all play in different eras, under different circumstances. All I know is that there was a big deal when Rose broke Cobb's record and there is not much noise about Ichiro breaking Rose's record. Whatever Rose think, I believe there should be celebration for Ichiro's accomplishments.
Sunday, June 19, 2016
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I have to respect what Cleveland did. LeBron played great the last 3 games as did Irving. It seems to me that Curry was worn down and didn't shoot as well as he had all year. He had many chances last night and did not capitalize. And that is not to take away what the Cavs did, because they won the championship fair and square.
ReplyDeleteI did hear that they were calling Ichiro the all time professional hits leader, instead of the MLB hits leader. So that keeps Rose's record intact while giving Ichiro a title.
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There is no controversy about the MLB record. Obviously Japanese record does not count in MLB so Rose is still the all time leader. Rose could have just said congratulations for a great career and left it at that. But he claims that Ichiro's professional record is not worthy because of the lower level of play in Japan. I think technically he has a point but as I pointed out, if Ichiro grew up in the U.S. and played professionally in MLB all of his career, he would have had even more hits. That is speculation of course but given the career stats of Ichiro has had in MLB, I think any reasonable extrapolation would have him as the Hit King.
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