The last 10 seasons of Major League Baseball were marked in large part by dominant pitching. To wit, the league's average velocity and strikeout rate rose pretty much annually.
So when we endeavored to pass time during the coronavirus pandemic by picking out the most electrifying pitching performances of the decade, we naturally had quite a few options from which to choose.
Ultimately, we settled on 12 that must be seen to be believed. This is partially because of their results, but also because of other little nuggets of statistical goodness—mainly concerning strikeouts and swings-and-misses—contained within them.