If you watch the home broadcast for one of Yu Darvish¡¯s starts for the Texas Rangers, you will, at some point, hear play-by-play man Steve Busby exhorting, ¡°got him swinging,¡± after Darvish fans a batter.
You¡¯ll hear it a lot, too.
After fanning seven Blue Jays on Saturday, Darvish (7-2) leads the majors with 118 strikeouts, and 12.02 strikeouts per nine innings. At his current pace he would become the first pitcher in over a decade to record 300 Ks in one season.
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