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three strikes and the pitcher wins the smallest, loudest war in sports.
means an out recorded when a batter accumulates three strikes in one at-bat, whether by swinging and missing, taking a pitch in the zone, or fouling off the third strike (unless it's a bunt).
from baseball borrowed the word from the general idea of a 'strike' against you, formalized in the 1850s rulebooks when the sport standardized balls and strikes to keep batters from just standing there forever.
backwards kscorekeepers mark called third strikes with a reversed k
golden sombreroslang for striking out four times in one game
platinum sombrerofive strikeouts in a game, the ultimate indignity
for instance
kerry wood 1998 — 20 strikeouts in one game, age 20, tying the record
nolan ryan — 5,714 career strikeouts, an mlb record unlikely to fall
aroldis chapman — throws pitches over 105 mph, built purely to strike batters out