Because I hit the...

...sharp home

Maybe you're really really really my...

I hit the...

...sharp home

Maybe you're so fine

One little kiss from you

And maybe I do

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...sharp home

Hello and welcome to episode 1230 of Effectively Wild Pay baseball podcast from Fanggraphs presented by our Patreon supporters

I am Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer joined by Jeff Sullivan of Fanggraphs

Hello, hello

All podcasts must start and all streaks must end and sadly Stephen Brault's strikeout list streak

Ended this week, it's over, it ended on Tuesday

I couldn't even bring myself to watch or look at the details

Do you know who did the deed?

No, I was in the same boat as he was, as soon as it happened, then I was disappointed and I didn't want to know anymore

Yeah, so he had a great run, it was, uh, I think it tied him for fifth all time to start a career in number of at-bats by a pitcher

He's tied with dizzy dean, I think, I think the most at-bats to start a career without striking out by a pitcher

Is Fred Hutchinson's 128, but that was back in 1939 or way, way back in the days when pitchers could actually hit a little bit and not everyone struck out the way that they do these days

So that was a fun thing to watch, but now, Stephen Brault's strikeout list streak is over, I'm trying to look up who it was who ended our joy just to see

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