The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

by Lawrence S. Ritter

And they strike out so much today. A lot of players with l00 strikeouts, 150 strikeouts. It’s hard to believe! As old Al Smith used to say there in New York, “Let’s take a look at the record.” If you do, you’ll find out that I’d only strike out two or three times a season. We didn’t strike out, that’s all. We hit the ball.