The Home Run King: Is Also the Strike Out King (Heroic +1 #1,373)

Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another heroic one. In our last couple 1s we've been having fun hanging out with Mel Robbins and wisdom from a couple of her great books. We talked about the fact that if you want to win any game, you have to start and you have to keep going. We referenced some crazy stats on how many times the great ones failed and today I want to chat about her Babe Ruth stat. Then we'll connect that to a modern day Yankee home run king, Aaron Judge First, Babe Ruth. As you know, if you're a baseball fan, Babe Ruth was his generation's great home run King. He hit 714 home runs and he struck out 1,330 times. Note for the non math majors in the crowd, that's nearly twice as many times. As you also know if you're a baseball fan, Aaron Judge recently broke the American League single season record for home runs. He hit 62 home runs in a single season. Note even the great Babe Ruth maxed out at 60 home runs in a single season. And you know how many times Judge struck out in 2022? He struck out 175 times in 2022 alone. That's nearly 33 times as many strikeouts to home runs. And as I was checking in on the 2022 playoffs, I noticed that our modern day home run hero recently set another record. He struck out four times in a playoff game for the fourth time, the most of any player in Major League Baseball history. I repeat, the greatest home run kings are also the greatest strikeout kings. Which reminds me of some wisdom from another Yankee legend, Derek Jeter. As Trevor Moad puts it in it takes what it takes. Derek Jeter once said, to be able to hit the game winning home run, you have to be willing to strike out in the same batter's box. And that's today's plus one. You strike out lately? Perfect. Work your protocol. Get back in the batter's box. Give us all you've got today.