Matt Murton ties Japanese single season hit record

[derosabomb]

TBO has to abuse it, not anyone else.

damn! it was worth a shot, no?

 

[Captain Obvious]

My Tyler Colvin thread gets closed but this shit doesn't?

 

[X]

I <3 Coach K too

 

[Jntg4]

My Tyler Colvin thread gets closed but this shit doesn't?

Ummm... because this is news about an ex-Cub, yours was about Colvin's fiancee being "bangable"...

 

[poodski]

He did it, he fucking did it.

Murton breaks Ichiro's Japan hits record

TOKYO -- Former major leaguer Matt Murton has broken Ichiro Suzuki's record for the most hits in a single season in Japanese Professional Baseball.

Murton's two-run single to center in the second inning for the Hanshin Tigers against the Yakult Swallows on Tuesday was his 211th hit of the season.

Suzuki set the previous record of 210 in 1994 when he played for the Orix BlueWave.

When Suzuki set the record, the regular season consisted of 130 games. Since then, the season has been extended by 14 games and Murton was playing in his 142nd game of the season.

A first-round selection of the Boston Red Sox in 2003, Murton was traded to the Chicago Cubs in 2005 and had brief stints with Oakland and Colorado before coming to Japan this season.

 

[Jntg4]

It's actually Nippon Professional Baseball, I don't know why they always say Japanese Professional Baseball instead, considering there are multiple Japanese leagues outside of the Central an Pacific Leagues of the NPB, it's kinda like calling the MLB American Professional Baseball.

 

[X]

Congrats MM!

 

[Jntg4]

Sign him to a minor league contract!

 

[poodski]

It's actually Nippon Professional Baseball, I don't know why they always say Japanese Professional Baseball instead, considering there are multiple Japanese leagues outside of the Central an Pacific Leagues of the NPB, it's kinda like calling the MLB American Professional Baseball.

Yeah, but no one knows what the Nippon League is.

Thats why its said the way it is.

 

[Jntg4]

Yeah, but no one knows what the Nippon League is.

Thats why its said the way it is.

Still is dumb IMO. People should just learn, or they can say "Nippon Professional Baseball, Japan's Major League,"

 

[Northside_slugger]

He did it, he fucking did it.

Murton breaks Ichiro's Japan hits record

It has always amazed me how Murton has never made it in major league baseball. He will get another crack at it soon though, the kid is just too good not to receive another chance. Even Jay Gibbons got another chance after being kicked to the curb after being named in the Mitchell report. Murton is just about to hit 30 years old, and some guys take longer then others to "make it". Just ask Jose Bautista.