Ichiro's 4,000 Hit

Not to downgrade Ichiro Suzuki's 4,000th hit, it is a great accomplishment to have 4,000 hits in professional baseball, but its just that 4,000 hits as a professional baseball player.  He now has 4,000 + (after today) hits as a baseball player, not 1,278 (Japan) + 2,723 (United States) = 4,000 + hits.  Japan and the U.S are two totally different places that just happen to both play baseball.  Baseball in Japan is not the same as baseball in the U.S, i've never seen a game in Japan but I sure it's not as competitive it's certainly not the same length of season.  Ichiro did not join Ty Cobb and Pete Rose as the only guys with 4,000 + hits, he had 1,278 in another league now he's in a new league (started out being considered a rookie) and has 2,723 (after today) as a major leaguer.  You can't combine numbers from two different leagues, that would be like taking the numbers the negro leaguers and adding them to their major league numbers, Jackie Robinson did not have negro league hits + 1,518 in the majors he just had his mlb numbers.  Ichio Suzuki has 4,000 + hits as a professional but it's just something he accomplished it's not a mile stone or a record for major league baseball, he's 277 (after today) away from being the 29th member of the 3,000 hit club, thats the milestone.