White Sox batters have struck out
ten or more times in three of five games played so far this season. That would be enough to set me off on a
tirade, if not for the Yankees.
Yesterday, the Bronx Bombers fanned 18 times against Tigers’
pitching. Did I mention it was Detroit
pitching? Detroit’s team ERA last year
was a pretty robust 4.58, tenth out of fifteen in the American League, and
their pitchers ranked twelfth in total strikeouts.
Consider this by way of
comparison: in 1941 Joe DiMaggio struck out 13 times in 622 plate
appearances. In other words, the
Yankees struck out more in one game than DiMaggio did in the 139 games he
played that year while batting .357 with a .440 OBP. DiMaggio never struck out more than 39 times
in a season, and he did that his rookie year.
Launch angle and exit speed, anyone?
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