Izzy blows another one! Kee-rapp!

On May 12, 11:02 am, Lance Freezeland
<freezelandlaw.nos....DeleteThis@consolidated.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 10 May 2008 18:25:29 -0500, "Wes Stebbins"
> <WesGui....DeleteThis@neb.rr.com> gave us:
>
> >I understand to a point, and I know that's the pitching "mentality" these
> >days in general and I'm talking "old school," but what about pitchers of the
> >past? Bob Gibson, Warren Spahn, Nolan Ryan, et al - they seemed to have
> >pretty long careers and equally impressive complete game totals. Didn't
> >seem to halt their longevity.
>
> Those guys are the exception, however. For every Gibson or Ryan that
> can throw 140+ pitches, there were lots of guys who blew their arms
> out by the time they were 30 and were never heard from again.
>
> --
> Lance
>
Thanks for the verification.

On Sat, 10 May 2008 10:13:13 -0500, "Wes Stebbins"
<WesGuitar RemoveThis @neb.rr.com> gave us:

>The real solution is to let these guys like Wainwright and Wellemeyer stay
>in longer. That's the one thing I don't understand about LaRussa (and
>probably every major league manager these days) - he's too much into the
>computer stats when it especially comes to pitching.

Hey Wes, did you see this in this morning's Post-Dispatch?:

"Wainwright, fourth in NL ERA and ninth in innings pitched before
Monday's game, rarely hit 90 mph with his fastball and barely
controlled his slider."

Let's all of us hope that this drop in velocity is anything other than
a one-time incident.

--
Lance

"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can
fake that, you've got it made." - Groucho Marx


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