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An Inning of Craziness: Jhosmer Alvarez’s Unique Outing

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1 inning pitched. 2 hits allowed. 2 runs owed, both of them earned. No walks. Thus far, all seems normal. But yes, that is a 6 in the strikeout column. Your eyes do not deceive you.

Perhaps this oddity was in honor of the 460th birthday of the Bard, who was reportedly born on April 23, 1564 (and certainly died on April 23rd in 1616.) It was a sort of a comedy of errors. Given the discussion of this game on social media in recent days, it seems that a further look at this is not much ado about nothing.