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Originally Posted by Tralls
Bobaphat, I think the decline of the Complete Game has resulted in the decline of the pitching ability of starters, thus the older guys used to pitching over 120 pitches a game are the ones who can keep coming through for their team consistently. Look even at Pedro Martinez over the last 2 seasons. An amazing pitcher, but once he hits 100 pitches he is done. My 2 cents...
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I am old enough to remember when the pitching staff was based on a four man rotation, and a team carried 10 pitchers, not 11 or 12. When I hear of a pitcher going on "short rest", I think of Denny McLain or Fergie Jenkins or Bob Gibson that went to the mound every four days. The fifth starter was a long reliever that filled in when there were double-headers or something like that.