"It's looking increasingly like Ichiro will fail to reach 200 hits for the first time in his 11-year Mariners career, adding to a string of unwelcome firsts -- first season under .300, first season not on the All-Star team, and, most likely, first season without a Gold Glove award.

After getting two hits Monday in the makeup game in Cleveland -- one of Ichiro's favorite road destinations, as we all know -- he now sits at 175 hits. The math is simple: Nine games to get 25 hits, or 2.77 per game.That's a heap of hitting, but for Ichiro, not unprecedented. "