QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 20, 2008 -> 03:35 AM)
But why all the injuries? What ya mean? Explain more.
The way I look at it is this: Back in the day, if you didnt pitch, you didnt have a job. Pitchers had to adjust and persevere through everything because they didnt have trainers and doctors and agents and managers babying them and coddling them, mostly because they werent the investments that they are now. Pitchers were pitching on 3 and 4 man rotations, there was no such thing as pitch counts, pitchers went the entire game into extra innnings, Complete games were a necessity for a major league pitcher.
The game itself is a diluted form from what it used to be. It doesnt make it bad, it just is different. There will probably be a 300 game winner some day again, but that pitcher is going to have to be dominant and healthy for a long time.