“Baseball is a better game for the fans when you have two starting pitchers engaged in a duel, rather than each pitching five innings and turning it over to a long series of interchangeable relievers.” – Bill James
                         

I was watching an interview the other day with Hall of Fame pitcher Fergie Jenkins.  He was talking about his workload as a …

Is it a coincidence that this - the “year of the pitcher” – has an unprecedented number of power arms?  Never in my lifetime has there been as many pitchers in the majors and minors who can light up a radar gun as there are today.

Let’s start, of course, with the starting pitchers.  Aroldis Chapman, the much hyped Cuban import, touched …

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