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Swinging hard ... and missing often

By Tim Kurkjian
ESPN The Magazine

Friday, June 26, 2009

On the final day of the 1970 season, Cardinals third baseman Joe Torre checked the lineup card and noticed that Lou Brock, St. Louis' dynamic leadoff hitter, was not in the lineup. "Lou, what are you doing?'' Torre said. "I have 99 RBIs. I have to get to 100. You have to be on base so I can drive you in.'' Brock was adamant: He wasn't playing. "I checked the stats, Lou had 99 strikeouts,'' Torre said. "He didn't want to strike out 100 times.'' Thirty seasons later, Rangers first baseman Ch ...

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