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  • cookusu
    MVP
    • Jul 2002
    • 1685

    #61
    Re: A note to Cub fans...

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    thecomic said:
    1.because pitcher's arms aren't conditioned like they used to be
    2. today's pitcher's get paid way too much to risk injury
    3. I'll tell ya who cares about pitch counts, any pitcher who's ever had arm surgery.

    Look at the track record of guys who pitched for the Giants under Dusty Baker. I'm not sure there is another team who has had more pitching careers cut short. Luckily, the front office was smart enough(most of the time) to move the guys out of SF before they totally crumbled.

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    Who says pitchers arms are not conditioned like they used to be? Given players in general are better conditon it only makes sense that their arms would be to.

    Plenty of Pitchers got hurt in the past, you just don't remember them because they got hurt and disappeared.

    The only thing certain about pitch counts is that if a pitcher gets hurt everyone will blame the manager and high pitch counts. Their is no way to have a "test Kerry Wood" that only throws 100 pitches a game and the "real Kerry Wood", this makes it real easy for sportswriters and armchair guys like us to blame the manager and pitch counts because we can't be proven wrong.

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    • thecomic
      MVP
      • Apr 2003
      • 911

      #62
      Re: A note to Cub fans...

      when I wrote the conditioning comment thing I had a feeling I would need to clarify my thought. What I mean is that pitchers from the time of Little League on up, don't go as deep into the ballgame, my son is only allowed to pitch 6 innings a week. Back in the day, like the deadball era, if you were the pithcher, you were the pitcher, period! that's how come Cy Young won so many games.

      I do agree that a guy like Wood is good for more pitches than many would believe, but still, you should be on the side of caution, as he has had arm trouble in the past.

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      • thecomic
        MVP
        • Apr 2003
        • 911

        #63
        Re: A note to Cub fans...

        when I wrote the conditioning comment thing I had a feeling I would need to clarify my thought. What I mean is that pitchers from the time of Little League on up, don't go as deep into the ballgame, my son is only allowed to pitch 6 innings a week. Back in the day, like the deadball era, if you were the pithcher, you were the pitcher, period! that's how come Cy Young won so many games.

        I do agree that a guy like Wood is good for more pitches than many would believe, but still, you should be on the side of caution, as he has had arm trouble in the past.

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