Mitch Williams, on MLB Network made an interesting comment bout Tim Lincecum’s masterful outing last night. Only 3 of his 14 3rd strikes, were in fact, strikes. He went on to say something along the lines of, “you get guys out with balls”.  It got me thinking, and no… not about dudes hitting each other over the heads with their nut sacks. What strike out is cooler, the “swing and miss” or the “caught looking”.

I don’t think either one is better, in fact the result is the same. However, I truly love the called third strike. I guess there is something about fooling the guy SOO badly that he doesn’t even swing. Of course, it is almost as cool when the batter swings at a pitch that dives out of the strike zone. So for me, the art of making it look like it is going to be a ball, is much cooler than the art of making it look like it is going to be a strike.

It’s great when you see a guy way behind of 100MHP heat, but I would rather see knees buckle at the sight of uncle charlie.

Just my preference. What is yours?