Strikeouts question

422 Ks...

He should be thrown in jail for destroying the kid's arm if that was true.

 

To strike out 422 hitters you have to face 422 hitters.

If you faced 422 hitters and no one else, you would pitch 20 games.

If you pitched 20 games and struck out every single hitter you faced, you would be on the cover of every sports magazine in existence. You would also pitch just about every game your team played.

Sidd Finch would be jealous of anyone who could do that. If it's important enough, call the coach of the opposing team to get the real stats.

 

Said team played 27 TOTAL games last season.

Also, none of the teams the schools plays are in our area. We don't cover any of the other schools and don't know any of the other coaches. Calling them would be pretty much out of the question.

 

Maybe he's making all the other schools up, too! And scores.

All you gotta do is look up one coach's name (like the one from last night) online, track down his number, and call him. Next time the lying coach calls back tell him, "Hey, we talked to that other coach and he said your guy gave up 19 runs. Did you confuse that with his strikeouts?" PRESTO! No more lying.

 

Isn't it mathematically impossible to throw more than 18 Ks in six innings of work?

 

Swing miss at the third strike, passed ball, runner advances to first and there is no out recorded.

A few times in major league history, a pitcher has fanned four batters in an inning.

 

This is moment in which we should all be glad I don't keep the book.

Thanks for the info.

 

This is totally from memory, but I think your line should read, "A few times in Major League history, a pitcher has fanned five batters in an inning."
That's the real rare feat. Four is rare, but not Haley's Comet rare.

 

why can't you call one of the coach's, KY?

you don't have to say "we think this cat is full of shit." it can be more of a "how good is this kid? we haven't had a chance to watch him throw yet."

 

We don't have the manpower to double-check the coach's stats with the other team. We're only a four-man staff, and usually one (or two) of us is out covering a game, one (me) is in the office answering calls and another is doing the design.

 

but you can call one coach once, to see how good johnny fastball really is.

 

I agree here, KY. You have to do something. In the end, it's your paper's credibility at stake.