Seiya Suzuki last night tied Akinora Iwamura – appropriately of the Rays – for the longest hit streak by a Japanese player to begin his MLB career, hitting safely in his 9th straight game (the game with a pinch-hit walk doesn’t count as a game played, it seems, because he had no official At Bats (that seems fair to me!)). He’ll go for the record tonight, and while it’s one of those ephemeral, minor records, it still seems kinda cool, and underscores just how hot Suzuki has been to begin his big league career.