10 consecutive strikeouts by a pitcher in one game
SDSportsFan
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Before this year, Tom Seaver was the only pitcher in the history of baseball to strikeout 10 consecutive batters in a game, doing it in 1970 against the Padres.
In June of this year, Aaron Nola did it against the Mets.
Now tonight, Corbin Burnes of the Brewers struck out 10 consecutive Cub batters.
So, something that had happened only one time in the entire history of major league baseball, has now been done twice in the last two months.
Steve
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Maybe the hitters are really bad.......now.
That is impressive considering it has only been done one time in the history of the game.
Different game today. There aren’t any Pete Roses or Ty Cobbs. Stealing and strategy has been replaced by swing as hard as you can. Nothing wrong with whatever it is but some old timers will tell you to get off their lawn.
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I agree to a point, but the pitching has also changed the last decade. Minimal complete games (1971 Fergie Jenkins started 39 games and had 30 complete games). Why are they implementing the 3 batter rule?
I think pitching is more of a factor for the increased strikeouts than hitting philosophy.
the game has evolved into a 3 outcome game. walk, K, homerun.
swinging at max effort and launch angle are what is emphasized now.
it makes sense that strikeout records will fall.
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
Its been trending that way since the 1920's. In the 1980's the old timers were scoffing at the strikeouts in MLB being over 5 per game....compared to just over 2 per game in the 1920's. Now the guys from the 1980's are scoffing at the players today striking out over 8 times a game. So there is certainly a 'get off my lawn' factor among fans and former players from the 1980's and earlier. Just like there was against their generation.
Velocity and height/size of the pitchers is WAAAY up compared to the 1980's and even to the early 2000's. Even the best contact hitters are going to strike out more because of that. There are several pitchers in the league now with Nolan Ryan stuff and with better command than Ryan...and they are taller. It isn't unique to have that arsenal anymore.
In conjunction with that, teams do strategize for home runs more than ever and are willing to take the penalty of a strikeout. So there is that.
If it turns a fan off, then it turns them off. Its a matter of taste at that point. The people who are growing up on this game today, if it were to change to a deadball style hit and run and stolen bases, they may not like that change.
When I talk to my older kids I use it as an example of how the nuance of the game has changed from when I was younger. It leads to some good conversations with my son, and THAT is the true essence of baseball.
People have been saying that baseball is dead since the 1970's. Its not and it won't be...unless a Civil War happens.
Baseball will never be dead just the purists that can’t adjust with the times.
"I spent 50% of my money on alcohol, women, and gambling. The other half I wasted.