“I also think that pulling a pitcher based on a pitch count is stupid”
It’s sports science that drove that change and nothing else.
The science of how much muscle damage is done over recovery time.
Most starting pitchers could go 150 pitches if they could have the next 9 days off. Hell, most of them could go 150 with 5 days off.
Unless they had to do it 31 times in 6 months.
There are even a few that could do that. But they would not be able to do it for 10 years in a row.
Unless they had to do it 31 times in 6 months.
There are even a few that could do that. But they would not be able to do it for 10 years in a row.
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Please...............
See the stats on complete games for pitchers in my day .... the late 50's, 60's and 70's.
The pitching coaches now and all the "experts" are ruining these pitchers.