Congratulations to Ichiro, Mr Single. It was great to see him shake George Sisler’s daughter’s hand too. Of course Sisler’s 1920 season was better and I guess the relatives don’t like seeing the record surpassed. But on the other hand, I’m sure they appreciated how much Ichiro’s record chase shone the spotlight on what Sisler did in one of the great underrated seasons of all time. “Number of hits” was one of the oldest, if somewhat obscure, records standing, and it’s great to see that in 2004 there’s still room for different styles of baseball play.
Note: when I first saw the box score, I thought that Way Back Wasdin had given up Ichiro’s record-breaking 258th hit. That would’ve been funny. (“Way in! Way in!”)