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green4life
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Strike out is a K

What is a backwards K?

What is a Golden K?


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chigoyboy
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Backwards K is when they don't swing at strike 3.
Golden K is 10 Ks in a game
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chigoyboy wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2019 3:29 pm Backwards K is when they don't swing at strike 3.
Golden K is 10 Ks in a game
Backwards is a non swinging strike three, the two previous strikes are irrelevant.
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mbawavefan12 wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2019 4:11 pm
chigoyboy wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2019 3:29 pm Backwards K is when they don't swing at strike 3.
Golden K is 10 Ks in a game
Backwards is a non swinging strike three, the two previous strikes are irrelevant.
To put it a third way (since the previous two are identical) the backwards K is called strike out, versus struck out swinging.
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