Strikeouts Show Pitchers Outdo Hitters Like No Time Since 1968
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The end of Major League Baseball’s performance-enhancing drugs era is causing 1960s flashbacks.
With the baseball season almost halfway complete, 23 major- league starting pitchers with at least 10 appearances have earned run averages below 3.00. In comparison, there were 12 in 1998, when Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa’s season-long home-run duel marked the era of steroid use in the sport.