In case you missed it — and we did — Ichiro reached 3,000 combined hits in Japan and the Major Leagues with a trademark soft single earlier this week. He is only 34 years old. That is ridiculous, regardless of whether you think the hits from Japan are on par with his hits here (and by the way: he had 1,722 Major League hits in 1,224 games when he broke the record, while he had 1,278 in 951 games in Japan. That’s 1.41 hits/game here, 1.34 hits/game in Japan). So we ask this afternoon: What are some of the other most underrated accomplishments in sports history?

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