Tag: Pitch Counts

Dusty Baker Arm-Wrecking Count Up To 4

9 April, 2009 (11:00) | Baseball, Chicago Cubs | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

Dusty Baker is famous for his savvy managing style and deep understanding of the game of baseball.  Okay, I had a lot of trouble writing that sentence without laughing/crying.  Dusty is actually more famous for his horrible, horrible misuse of pitchers.  After running the Cubs rotation into the ground during his time in Chicago, he [...]

Talking About Pitch Counts

3 April, 2009 (10:00) | MLB | By: StevieY19

ShysterBall had a post yesterday about the science of pitch counts, citing an article that suggested that teams should look a little more closely at how their pitchers tire during the game.  Sometimes a simple pitch count doesn’t tell the whole story.
However, the most interesting part of the post to me was a section that [...]