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Originally Posted by shadows
Well, it's over. The Philly offense was garbage again and good ol' Howard struck out to end the game(that guy strikes out waaaaaay too much).
San Francisco won the game 3-2 and took the series 4-2 and will now host Texas in the 2010 World Series.
I am rooting for Texas to win it all.
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But seriously, the best team won the series.
Where was the Phillies offense in the postseason?
Ryan Howard has always struck out too often, in 2007 he set a new single season record of
199 (played only 144 games).
It was obviously a feat he enjoyed so much because in 2008 he bagged another
199 strikeouts (162 games).
But in the same season his blushes were spared by
Arizona's Mark Reynolds, who totaled
204 strikeouts.
Mark Reynolds has since made this record his own with
223 (in 155 games in 2009) and
211 (2010).
Ryan Howard's
13 strikeouts in the 2009 World Series is another
all-time record.
Until checking, I always thought Ryan Howard was
"Mr. Goes Down Swinging", he averages 192 strikouts per 162 games, but Mark Reynolds is on another planet and averages 221 per 162 games.
The Arizona Swing-'n'-Misses
The season
Mark Reynolds helped
Arizona D'backs set a new single season team strikout record of
1,529 - breaking the previous record of
1,399 by the 2001 Brewers. How the hell can the D'backs break the record by 130 strikeouts? Do they have a batting coach?