Tim Kurkjian
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or you strike out and there's not much in between.
Now we're getting a little closer to the game we used to play 40 years ago where the ball's in play more, guys are stealing bases, the Brewers and the Blue Jays run all over the place and make somebody stop them.
That's a good sign.
But we're still in an era where the strikeout rate is ridiculous.
We will have more 100 strikeout guys this year
than from 1900 to 1963 combined.
That's what we look at these days.
And everyone seems to be okay with everybody striking out 100 times and everybody just trying to hit home runs.
But I would like to see us go back to a different game, the game that we played 40 years ago.
Listen, speaking of looks like, you got to look this up, Dan.
Ernie Clement is an infielder for the Blue Jays and a really good one.
He made the gold glove finalists as a third baseman and as a utility player.
So there's a chance he could win the gold glove at third base and
and win the Gold Glove as a utility player, which I find ridiculous.
But Ernie Clement looks exactly like Aaron Boone, a younger Aaron Boone, who is the manager of the Yankees.
And we got a text the other day from Brett Boone, Aaron's brother, watching the game on TV while we're doing it on the radio.
And he said, he looks exactly like my brother.
So then we called up
the picture of Ray Boone, who is of course, Aaron's grandfather who played in the major leagues.
He looks exactly like Aaron.