How is it possible to get 4 strikeouts in one inning?
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I've been a fan of baseball all my 29 years and I've never heard of this and can't figure it out! From my METS fact of the day calander:
"The first Mets pitcher to strike out four batters in one inning was Derek Wallace on Sept. 13, 1996"
"The first Mets pitcher to strike out four batters in one inning was Derek Wallace on Sept. 13, 1996"
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well thats cool to give him some responsibilty, but it shouldn't count it as a strike out, just seems a little backwards to me
im just that good
why should the pitcher be penalized a strikeout for the catcher's error?
i mean..the guy swings for strike 3, misses, and the catcher messes up. not the pitchers fault. he got the guy to miss either looking or swinging. do you want a do over? a free base?
what is the other option?
why should the pitcher be penalized a strikeout for the catcher's error?[/quote]
Exactly.
B/c it's a team game, and b/c it's not always catcher error. Sometimes it's just a bad pitch.
I've actually used this rule as trivia. What is most strikeouts a pitcher can get in a 9 inning game?
if the pitch is in the strike zone or the batter swings at it, i'd hardly call it a bad pitch
wouldn't it be infinity?
As long as the catcher keeps dropping the third strike then it could go on forever?
In theory.
I guess the catcher could call a certain pitch and the pitcher throws it to a completely wrong spot, then it would perhaps be the pitchers fault that the catcher dropped it?
That's a common misconception. While there are working aspects as far as the team, the game is more individually based stat and playing wise, and each position is grouped together into a team. It's not a team sport like football where so many aspects have to work together for one play to work. In baseball an individual controls the play. It's more of a team based on community than team based on team work. Of course there's relay's, pitcher/catcher relationships, etc, but the majority of the game is based on individual ability.
So if the pitcher does his job, why should his stat be skewed? Hence why they have runs, and earned runs. Not all runs that score are based off the pitcher's inability to hold them. Just like you said, you can get a bad pitch, but the batter will still swing, so because of the batters inability, the pitcher gets his K. And if it is a bad pitch, the catcher won't be penalized, the pitcher will be penalized with a wild pitch.
And to answer your question, it's open ended, theoretically you can have an infinite amount of strikeouts without recording an out.
wrong spot in the strike zone?
That would be a wild pitch recorded to the pitcher.
If the catcher should have made the play, then it'd be a passed ball.
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Every sport is based on individual abilities then. If the 2nd basemen and ss aren't in sync they'll turn few double plays, a good hitter can be made great with another good hitter battin around him and average hitters made good.
Why haven't the Yankees sniffed a WS title in so long if baseball is based on indiviual abilities.