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Article: Suzuki sets major league record for hits in a season
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- October 2, 2004
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TIM KORTE, AP Sports Writer
AP Worldstream
10-02-2004
Dateline: SEATTLE
No. 258 for Ichiro Suzuki was like so many others, a little ground ball up the middle.
Only this one made history, a hit cheered 'round the world.
Suzuki set the major league record for hits in a season Friday night, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old mark with a pair of singles.
The Seattle star chopped a leadoff single in the first inning, then put himself in the record book with a bouncer in the third.
Fireworks exploded after Suzuki's big hit reached the outfield, creating a haze over Safeco Field, and his teammates mobbed him at first base.
With the fans still cheering, Suzuki ran over to the first-base seats and ...