Ah, no: it comes from how you fill in your scorebook. A regular “K” is when the batter swung at strike 3, a backwards “K” is when the batter watched strike 3 without swinging.
Someone on the radio-info.com board noted that Fox didn’t
show Yaz throwing out the first pitch and naturally he
said it all had to do with the fact that they were owned
by that rabid right winger, Rupert Murdoch. Here was my
response:
We can’t forget that the fact that Rupert Murdoch owns Fox/News Corporation sends liberals into
a frenzy. Even though at least some of their shows (Simpsons and Family Guy come to mind)
make many jokes at the expense of conservatives, etc. * and they employ
some people like Geraldo, etc. (Remember his on-air fight with BOR over immigration?) No, no matter how many great entertainment and news shows have run on Fox over the years,
they’re owned by Rupert so they must be eeeeeeevil. :)
But yeah, they should have shown (ceremonial) first pitch. I’m amazed they showed John Williams and the
Boston Pops’ doing national anthem. Didn’t pre-empt that for ads. By the way, nobody did steal
a base, right, so I guess we aren’t getting our free tacos from Taco Bell.
*—for example, one Family Guy episode had Lois having a nightmare that she had put her
baby son Stewie into the washing machine. She wakes up all sweaty and says, “Oh my God,
I just dreamt I was going to drown my son! I’m just like that Texas woman who held her
son underwater and gave him brain damage. My God, I’m turning into Barbara Bush!”
See, that joke went out on the evil, conservative Fox network :)