I have a confession to make. Not a juicy one or anything, just a here’s-how-I-plan articles confession. I’ve wanted to do a three-article series riffing on spaghetti westerns since the Cardinals traded for Dominic Leone. The problem was, he barely played in 2018. As soon as he looked right, I struck while the iron was hot and started it. Sure, ‘For a Few Strikeouts More’ is kind of a weak play on words, but it was all a payoff for this article. I also quite like the imagery of a fistful of strikeouts. How big is a strikeout?
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
