Marlins’ Ichiro reaches 3,000 MLB hits milestone
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article94270902.html
After it left his bat,
the ball hung in Colorado’s thin air for so long
— went so far — that for a brief moment it looked
as if Ichiro Suzuki’s 3,000th major league hit would be a homer.
“Obviously I wanted it to go over the fence,” Suzuki would say later.
But it didn’t.
The ball eluded the outstretched glove of Rockies right fielder Gerardo Parra,
struck the fence, and bounced back onto the field.
As the crowd of Rockies fans stood and roared
as if he were one of their own,
Suzuki raced around the bases for a stand-up triple.
Ichiro Suzuki Reaches 3,000 Hits, Again Breaking Ground for Japanese Player
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/08/sports/baseball/ichiro-suzuki-reaches-3000-hits-miami-marlins.html?_r=0
Ichiro Suzuki, the baseball pioneer who proved 15 years ago
that Japanese hitters could succeed in Major League Baseball,
reached a hallowed milestone Sunday
when he became the 30th player to compile 3,000 hits.
