[eldoradude]

Why don't they just grant everyone one run per inning to spice things up? Utter nonsense...

Agreed, runner on second base after the 9th, no 40 man roster - bunch of bs.

Sabremetrics - bunch of bs as well - does not take winning into account. Example - MY Mets pitcher Degrom getting the Cy Young award because of his ERA... 10-9? Not much of a winner. Got it only because he played in NY and had the benefit of media exposure all pushing him. If he played for the Padres fuggetaboutit.

[DoughtyOne]

They’ve kind of taken the pitching out of the game in a way.

Kids today don’t know what a complete game looks like.

They pitch for five to seven innings, and along comes the relief.

I believe there are some complete games, but not like there used to be.

You touched on the ERA issue too, and I remember Bob Gibson winding up with something under a little over 1 ERA. Ouch!

http://www.espn.com/espn/blackhistory2008/columns/story?page=keri/080221

[Alberta's Child]

The Mets had an awful roster last season. Did you see DeGrom pitch? That guy was the most dominant pitcher in the National League -- by far.

The guy had 32 starts and gave up 2 or fewer earned runs in 26 of them. He had 12 losses or no decision in games where he gave up 0 or 1 earned runs.

[pas]

Are you kidding ghost runner on 2d base is classic.