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Originally Posted by Gradek
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You should read Jack Curry’s analysis on D’ indifference. He discussed how Rickey was given a D. Indifference by Bill Shannon and the Yankees Public Relations wanted it changed.
It’s a sleepy rule as stated where it was enforced mainly in the 9th inning of big lead games.
As far as strikeout record for a hitter, that will be broken. Reggie Jackson struck out .263 % of his at bats. The current day players are not concerned about striking out. Mike Trout in his first 2997 at bats or at the end of 2016 was averaging .2615% strike outs with 2 MVP’s. A player in today’s game who starts young and plays 20 years has a chance to break that record. Ohtani has 430 at age 23 with a strike out rate of .323% almost a third of the time.
Juston Upton has 1948 SO’s at 33 with a 28 million contract for next season. If he were to have a solid season and receive a longer contract ? 9 seasons of striking out 130 or more times.