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Oakland’s Ramon Laureano Suffered the Most Painful Strikeout of the MLB Season

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Andy Nesbitt

Oakland’s Ramon Laureano Suffered the Most Painful Strikeout of the MLB Season
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The MLB season is just over a week old and and we’ve already seen some wild things happen, thanks mostly to the new pitch clock that is causing fits for both pitchers and hitters. 

On Friday night we saw a unique strikeout that had not nothing to do with that pitch clock and everything to do with pain. 

A’s right fielder Ramón Laureano struck out swinging but also got hit by the pitch on the same 90-mph changeup. Because he swung at the pitch before getting hit it was ruled a strikeout, which just had to be the worst way to strikeout.

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That's definitely not something you see every day. 

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Andy Nesbitt
ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.

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