Ichiro Reaches 4,000 hits?

Pete Rose is the all time leader in hits with 4,256. Arguably one of the best hitters of all time. Well Ichiro has just reached the plateau of 4,000 hit but not all of them were in the Majors. He did play 9 seasons in the Nipon League in Japan. No one is saying he has more hits than Rose who has become very vocal about Ichiro's hits not counting. First of all the game is much different today then it was when he played. No one is saying Ichiro should go down in the Hall of Fame (he's a first ballot) as having 4,000 hits unless he actually reaches that feat playing the MLB. The only thing they are saying is that this is still a great accomplishment and after all the bad marks that have recently plagued baseball (yes Pete Rose is responsible for that too) it is good to bring some good news to the game. I feel Pete Rose is just looking for attention. He is one of the most prolific hitters of all time, is he the best? Not in my eyes, but he is up there. I feel Pete is bitter with baseball and who can blame him a lifetime ban for betting? I'd be upset too but he had a chance to cooperate and essentially stood the commissioner up. If everyone took into consideration what some of the greats had to say about every hitter Mickey Mantle has one of the best quotes regarding Pete Rose of all time. "If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete Rose I'd wear a dress." So in conclusion Pete no one is saying he has 4,000 MLB hits which had he played his career here he may very well have. I mean in Japan he only had one season with over 200 hits and in the Majors he had 10 seasons of 200+ hits. One can only speculate where he would be. 4,000 hits is impressive no matter how you look at it. Congrats Ichiro you are a class act and one hell of a ball player.   

Pearl Harbor: A Day of Infamy

This was an unbelievable time in American history. It was a surprise attack on the United States, and the biggest misconception in the attack, is that it was unprovoked. Now i am the biggest believer in America and could not be prouder to be part of this great nation. But we are at fault as a nation here. There was evidence to suggest that Japan was going to attack Pearl Harbor. The intel was hunches and thoughts, the United States decided against mobilizing our fleet because it would cost to much money to move the ships and mobilize the fleet all because of a hunch. The moment our government made this decision they put a price on the men and women who were stationed here. If i was there or it was a member of my family i would want them to do everything to protect them. This was a terrible day, but with this tragedy came one of the best wars America has ever been involved in. Let me be clear I think war in general is terrible, but what this war brought was freedom for million of Jewish men and women who were being murdered at the hands of Adolf Hitler. It brought our economy back from the dead and made the United States a power house in terms of Military prowess. The bad thing about this was the dominance and the bully our country became. It was manifest destiny all over again. We thought we were entitled to things that didn't belong to us. We established bases throughout Europe and became a police to the world. I understand why we did it, to protect innocent people from men like Hitler, but we let Joseph Stalin do it to his people. If we were really concerned about the welfare of others we would have removed Joseph Stalin from power. Again this is just my point of view on things. But in the end i want to give thanks to the men and women past and present who fight to keep our freedom and protect our unalienable rights.