Yes... that Matt Murton... from Georgia Tech and the Chicago Cubs...He broke Ichiro'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. But here's where the asterisk comes in to play... When Suzuki set the record, the regular season consisted of 130 games. Since then, the season has been extended to 144 games and Murton was playing in his 142nd game of the season. Something for Japanese sports talk radio to get into today, we guess...Here's the record breaker...((HT: NHKOne/JPB/Youtube))
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