The Gematria (numerical value) of the week is 308, the numerical value for קֹרַח.
In 1993, Randy Johnson struck out 308 batters, the 49th-highest total ever and 20th since World War II. One of the players he is tied with at 49th highest overall is Hall of Famer John Clarkson, who accomplished the feat in his sophomore season in 1884. Although they finished with the same amount of strikeouts, Johnson's and Clarkson's seasons were very different.
Johnson finished 2nd in the Cy Young voting in 1993, going 19-8 with 308 strikeouts, most in the league, and his strikeouts per 9 innings ratio, 10.9, was tops in the league as well, in 34 starts, 10 of which were complete games, 1 relief appearance, and 255.1 innings pitched. Clarkson's season was quite a bit different. There was no Cy Young award back then as Cy hadn't even starting pitching yet, but Clarkson had an outstanding season in his own right. He went an incredible 53-16, striking out 308, tops in the league, but just 4.4 per 9, in 70 starts, 68 of which were complete games, and 623 IP.The 308 strikeouts were really the only thing in common between these two seasons by these two very different pitchers from very different eras.
How does this relate to the Parsha? Well, Korach didn't understand why he wasn't the Kohen Gadol or the Nasi of Shevet Levi, and part of the problem was that he wasn't part of the decision making process. Hashem chose Moshe and Aharon, and that was completely separate from Korach. It's almost like he was a completely different era.
Hope you all have a good Shabbos,
Robbie
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