Bustoff
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Joined: 8/19/2005 From: Columbia, MO Status: offline
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While akcranker makes a pretty good point, what if you're using something other than the 1-100 scale? For me, this is one of the real elegant challenges in the game; who among us has not been burned by leaving a fatigued pitcher in for "just one more batter?" There's a lot of things I watch for. Fastball slowing down, increase in full counts and walks, more long fly balls getting hit, etc. After playing hundreds of games, I have developed a pretty good--but not infallible--gut instinct when it's time to "deploy the hook"...I still get burned from time to time, but not as often as I used to. Regardless of the endurance rating, if my starter has thrown over 100 pitches it's probably time to pull him...but if he's working a shutout, a no-no, or still pitching 1-2-3 innings, I am inclined to take a chance and leave him in. But, the minute the game is no longer a shutout, no-no or whatever, he's outta there.
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"I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation." -- Satchel Paige
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