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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Rod Carew will gladly welcome Ichiro Suzuki into the Hall of Fame fraternity when the time comes. But baseball has only one career hit leader in Carews estimation, and his name is Pete Rose.Suzuki, 42, has 2,996 hits in the major leagues and is likely to become the 30th member of the 3,000 club during the Miami Marlins current homestand. Between Suzukis tenure with the Orix Blue Wave in Japan and his production over 16 seasons with the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees and the Marlins, he has 4,274 hits compared to the 4,256 that Rose accumulated over 24 MLB seasons.I have tremendous respect for Ichiro, Carew said. For a young man to come here in such a short time and get 3,000 hits, thats saying something. But you cant take it away from Pete. Pete is the Hit King here in this country, and you cant add the two [leagues] together to make Ichiro the best hitter there was. Thats the way I feel.Carew, 70, won seven batting titles and made 18 All-Star teams over 19 seasons with the Minnesota Twins and California Angels. Hes a .328 career hitter who ranks 24th in MLB history with 3,053 hits, and he made it to Cooperstown on his first try in 1991. During the recent All-Star Game in San Diego, MLB named the American League batting championship for Carew and dedicated the National League award to Tony Gwynn, who captured eight career batting titles.Even though Carew regards Rose as baseballs Hit King, he thinks Suzuki has built a strong enough case to merit induction to Cooperstown once he becomes eligible for the shrine.Ichiros the same type of hitter I was, Carew said. We used the whole field to hit. He could run, so he beat out infield hits. He bunted. He took advantage of the pitchers when they threw him a pitch. You cant take it away from him. 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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. --Edmond Sumners free throw with 0.3 seconds left in overtime gave the Musketeers an 83-82 win over Missouri in the opening round of the Tire Pros Invitational on Thursday. He was fouled after Xavier inbounded near midcourt, after a heady timeout that Macura called to give his team a chance to set something up at the end.Sumner was fouled by Missouris Terrence Phillips as both went for the ball along the sideline on the deciding play. He missed the first one short, then rattled in the second for the win.Frankie Hughes scored 24 points for Missouri (1-1), and Kevin Puryear finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds. Phillips scored seven of his 21 points in overtime for Missouri, which never got off a desperation shot after Sumners deciding free throw.I think he was just being aggressive, Missouri coach Kim Anderson said. Im sure hed love to take it back, but you know what? He made a lot of great plays to get us to where we were, so if it wasnt for that it wouldnt come down to that play.Missouri led by 10 in the first half and held the lead most of the second half, but needed to scramble both late in regulation and then from an early five-point deficit in overtime. Missouri went on a 7-0 run late to grab the lead, but Macura made two free throws with 17.8 seconds remaining to tie the ggame for the 15th and final time.ddddddddddddA great basketball game, first of all, Anderson said. I thought our guys did a lot of great things and played one of the top 10 or 15 teams in the country toe-to-toe.BIG PICTUREXavier: It was the second time in three games that the Musketeers were put to the test -- they beat Lehigh 84-81 to open the season last week. ... Xavier missed its last 12 3-pointers, shooting 2 for 22 in the game from long range.Missouri: Hughes is averaging 23.5 points after two games. 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