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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Do pitchers today have it better because of medicine and technology?
By Tangotiger, 12:15 PM
The strike zones of the 60s really ate many pitchers arms up – Jim Maloney, Drysdale, and there weren’t nearly the corrective practices that are in place since the 1970s, with pitch count restrictions, arm surgeries and Tommy John too. That’s important because injuries that ended careers prior to about 1975 wouldn’t end careers anymore. It would be like saying John Smoltz’ career would be over about 5 years ago. He’s still pretty good.
—Chris Dial
Fantastic point. It’s one of those thoughts that only a real baseball fan could even form as a conjecture. But, is it true?
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