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Originally Posted by rats60
I am shocked that any strike out records exist from that long ago. 100 years ago, everyone was a contact hitter and strikeouts were low. The last 50+ years, players have been chasing HRs and they don't care about Ks.
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Strikeouts have become such a small deal now that they don't even list them in BaseballAmerica Prospect Reports or on the back of new Baseball Cards.
As a Braves' fan, 2014 shows the reality of the effect of too many strikeouts:
The only way that team could score at all was over the fence - no wonder they had to clear house.
I think (and hope) that strikeouts will soon, once again, become something to be avoided. And I hope that pull hitters again learn to hit to the opposite field instead of always hitting into the shifts - the very notion of 'outlawing' shifts is about the most ridiculous thing I ever heard of.