During a May segment on the ESPN program ¡®Pardon the Interruption,¡¯ hosts Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon, former Washington Post sportswriters, were asked to choose if Jackie Bradley Jr.¡¯s 27-game hitting streak or the suddenly blazing form of 42-year-old Ichiro Suzuki, who at the time had reeled off 10 hits in three games, were more noteworthy

Both hosts chose Ichiro, and Kornheiser summed things up thusly, ¡°The answer to every question about hitting is Ichiro.¡±

The answer to the question of who has the most professional hits is now Ichiro. And even though a large number occurred in Japan, the milestone still matters.